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Fading QuicklySnapshot Window: 2026-09-24 19:40 UTC · ← Back to Crypto Overview
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THE BLOCK: A new paper proposes private bitcoin transfers using a shielded design similar to Zcash’s. It aims to hide payment amounts and who paid whom, but leaves the question of how bitcoin enters and exits the system for future work.
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AI visual note: The image shows the title page of an academic paper titled "Shielded Bitcoin: Private Transfers on the Bitcoin L1" by Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov, and Aleksei Moskvin, dated September 24, 2026. The paper's abstract outlines a protocol for private Bitcoin transfers using zero-knowledge proofs inspired by Zcash's shielded-note design, directly illustrating the post's description of a new proposal for private bitcoin transactions that hides amounts and participants while leaving peg-in/peg-out mechanisms for future work.