On November 29th 2023, The Bank for International Settlements published a paper describing the piloting of a retail Central Bank Digital Currency created by IBM in collaboration with Swiss National Bank under the name ‘Project Tourbillion’ (Read more about it here). These trails lasted throughout 2023 and proved that a cash-like CBDC with privacy features…
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XX Community AMAs Part 1 – Full Meeting Audio and Transcript
On 26th November 2023, at 14:00 UTC, members of the XX Foundation along with David Chaum, Jim Dolbear and members of the Turkish XX Community gathered in the Turkish XX Telegram Group to discuss the project and answer some questions from the Community. The discussion took place over more than two hours and covered various…
XX Network Community AMAs, Part 1 Announced
On Sunday 26th November at 2pm UTC, there will be an AMA hosted by the vibrant Turkish XX Community with David Chaum, Jim Dolbear, Aaron Welwood and Robbie Schubert in attendance to discuss the activities of the Foundation and other entities contributing to the network since the last update. The meeting will be in English…
David Chaum Unveils ‘Better than Money’, Utilising XX’s cMixx+
In a video posted on November 19th 2023 to YouTube, David talks to David Lin at length about a topic he presented at the Singapore Fintech Festival on November 16th , namely his idea of ‘Better than Money‘, dubbed ‘cCash’ in this video, later described as ‘cMoney’ in a written paper. The ‘c’ standing for…
‘cMixx+’ – Enhanced Privacy & Speed in Various Use Cases
On November 17th 2023, a paper was published by the Foundation, authored by David Chaum and Mário Yaksetig, which is a proposed update to the cMixx mix network currently employed by the XX Network, called cMixx+. The update would give the network the ability to mix batch sizes other than 1,000 messages (potentially much more)…
Demo: Private Polkadot Transaction via Proxxy
On 13th November, Robbie from the XX Foundation posted a video showing the new WebAssembly implementation of Proxxy interacting with Subwallet to send a Polkadot transaction over cMixx: This demo was not only to show this is possible but also that other Substrate-based networks can be an easy shoe-in, so long as they have an…
Echoexx – Web3 Identities, Comms, Payments and More
Update: On 24th May 2024, Echoexx rebranded to Phoenixx. On November 7th 2023, Bitfashioned revealed Echoexx – a comprehensive Web3 platform for individuals to manage their identities, payments, communication and more, fully integrated into XX Network’s cMixx network, making it the most fully featured, secure and private experience that exists for folks looking to flex…
Is The XX Network a Polkadot Parachain?
No. XX is a standalone layer-1 blockchain and combined mix network platform. XX’s blockchain system operates as what is known as a ‘solo chain’, and not a parachain. This is a common question and understandable because there are elements of XX that can and do appear to interact with some parts of the Polkadot ecosystem,…
Tourbillon at BIS Conference, November 8th
Almost a year since the news about Project Tourbillon took off, the Bank of International Settlements have announced their first CBDC themed conference entitled “Securing the Future Monetary System” over two days in November, with Tourbillon on the agenda for half an hour in the afternoon of the 8th. The project was prototyped in coordination…
David at the Singapore Fintech Festival, November 15-17th, 2023
I’ve had confirmation from the Foundation that David Chaum is a confirmed speaker at the Singapore Fintech Festival in November. Keith Millette (XX Technical Community Manager) is also attending this event with David. David was due to attend the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai in October but has since had to cancel for administrative reasons…