This puzzle got solved really quickly! Congrats to Shuhari who solved it in a couple of days. The solution for this one is below. Stay tuned for another puzzle in the coming days! ACROSS3. directions for travel (19)5. bony head-based growth (12)7. liquid sustenance (1)9. material (9)14. legume and butter (15)15. it never comes when…
XX Network
XX Network Foundation Announces Rebooted Grants Programme
On 8th January 2024, the XX Foundation announced the reboot of the XX Network Grants programme. Previously aimed mainly at developers, this new initiative is set to reinvigorate research and development applications from appropriate teams and individuals to receive up to 2,000,000 XX Coins (double the previous allocation) from a pool of 20,000,000 to produce…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
This one didn’t last long before BlockJayne solved it and scooped up the 100XX prize pot for her second win! Congrats! Another one will be put up soon so stay tuned! The solution is below. ACROSS1. deficient in width (22)3. disperse fine liquid (24)5. electric (9)7. post descriptors (20)10. to act like another (21)11. crunchy…
100XX Giveaway – Claimed!
Gosh that was quick – Funky solved this puzzle to crack the private key after just 1 day! I’ll have to make the next one harder!! Stay tuned for the next one, and last one of the year! Below is the solution. ACROSS1. not many (5)4. tiny building block (18)5. roundly vehicular (11)8. practical piece…
CryptoTV: Special Interview With The “Godfather of Crypto” David Chaum
Ornella Hernandez of CryptoTV sat with David in a wide ranging interview covering his history in the world of cryptography and more recent projects including his founding of the XX Network – with a shoutout to node operators (Hi David!) – and our cMixx network he designed. XX is mentioned from 13:50 in the video….
David Talks Better Than Money on The Couchonomics Podcast
David sat down with Arjun Vir Singh recently in Dubai to talk about his Better Than Money proposition, giving his insights on the state of money and payments which led him to developing the idea. Better Than Money is a proposed technical solution to the problem of dealing with bank money as the go-between when…
A Glimpse of Current XX Network Research
Cryptographer and developer Mário Yaksetig posted a tantalising image to the Telegram group on December 15th, 2023 showing the ‘current pipeline’ of research internally: Mário added: “I wanted to give everyone an update regarding what’s in the ongoing Research pipeline. As a curiosity, I’d like to hear from you (the community) what you think the…
250XX Giveaway – Claimed!
Congrats to Strob who managed to complete this puzzle and is also the first person to win two of them! The solution is below. Another one will be created soon, so keep a look out for it! ACROSS2. not quite the chief (9)4. xx (chromosome not currency!) (6)5. rib tickler (18)8. hot apple dessert (12)9….
“Better Than Money” Keynote, Singapore Fintech Festival 2023
On 16th November 2023, David Chaum unveiled his “Better Than Money” system at the Singapore Fintech Festival. The video below is his presentation in full. David mentions the system using the XX Network and its cMixx mixnet from 18:10. After this presentation David conducted a number of interviews where he answered questions about the system,…
David Chaum Discusses “Better Than Money” on Fintech TV
On November 30th 2023, Fintech TV published this video with David Chaum describing his vision for Better Than Money with Patricia Wu. You can read more about the system here.