Firo
Firo is a digital currency with a focus on setting privacy standards.
One of the most groundbreaking academic developments in Bitcoin research.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
Features
- Money Transfer
- Peer-To-Peer
- Blockchain
Tags
- virtual-currency
- finances
- Bitcoin
- Online Payment
- Cryptocurrency
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Firo information
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- English
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Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency, Business & Commerce, File SharingGitHub repository
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What is Firo?
Firo formerly known as Zcoin, is a privacy focused cryptocurrency that utilizes zero-knowledge proofs which allows users to destroy coins and then redeem them later for brand new ones with no transaction history.
Our research created the Lelantus privacy protocol which supports high anonymity sets without requiring trusted setup and relying only on standard cryptographic assumptions. The Lelantus cryptographic library was audited by Trail of Bits and funded by Firo's CCS. Lelantus' cryptography was also audited by ABDK Consulting.
Firo also utilises Dandelion++ to obscure the originating IP of transactions without relying on any external services such as Tor/i2P.
Firo developed and utilizes Merkle Tree Proofs (MTP) as its Proof-of-Work algorithm which aims to be memory hard with fast verification to encourage mining using commodity hardware.
Comments and Reviews
Great annoncoin zerocoin protocol combined with MTP is just superb tech specs.
I think the devs team is doing much to make this project a reference in its category.