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24 alternatives to BlockChannel - #3 - Zooko Wilcox (ZCash) - Zero Knowledge, the Future of Privacy

Use cases for zero-knowledge proofs, and encrypted messaging

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BlockChannel - #3 - Zooko Wilcox (ZCash) - Zero Knowledge, the Future of Privacy launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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ZCash ($ZEC) – A blockchain for Privacy with Zooko Wilcox▲5
Startup CTO Podcast
2016 · its alternatives →
2
ZeroDB▲119
An open-source, end-to-end encrypted database protocol
2015 · zerodb.io · its alternatives →
3
ZeroNet▲119
Decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography
2015 · zeronet.io · its alternatives →
4
a16z Podcast: Banking on the Blockchain▲76
What the future of banks might be
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
5
ZeroBlock▲64
Real-Time Bitcoin Market Data
2014 · its alternatives →
6
WordLines – A zero-knowledge proof-based blockchain puzzle game▲83
Mobile ZK Puzzle Game with NFT rewards. Contribute to nalinbhardwaj/wordlines development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The Business Blockchain▲91
Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Tech
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Braintree v.zero SDK▲79
A modern foundation for accepting payments
2014 · paypal.com · its alternatives →
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BlockChannel #2: Brendan Eich▲61
Creator of Javascript - Making Bitcoin great
2017 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Bitproof▲113
True certification in the bitcoin blockchain
2015 · its alternatives →
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Onarbor▲72
fully-blockchained university
2014 · its alternatives →
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BlockChannel #5: Charlie Shrem - Taking One for the Team▲61
Bitcoin OG discussing Ethereum and Smart Contracts
2017 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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StealthDrop – Anonymous crypto airdrops using zero-knowledge proofs▲105
Hi HN, We (myself, Adhyyan1252 and yush_g) are undergrad students that hacked out this side project last month during Hack Lodge[1] (the ideas and many of the underlying circuits for which came from the 0xPARC community[2])! We’re extremely excited to share this new primitive. Besides the technical challenges building this project that folks here would find interesting (fixing the ZK proof compiler, modifying nodeJS V8 params etc.), we think this is a very novel use case for ZK tech, and ECDSA inside ZK-SNARKs is a starting point that unlocks many other ideas! :D A summarized version of our…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BlockChannel - #4 - Joey Krug (Thiel Fellow, Augur) - Predicting the Future▲63
Ethereum based prediction markets
2017 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Civic Token▲185
Access to identity verification via the blockchain
2017 · its alternatives →
16
Dark Wallet▲78
Next-gen privacy and security for Bitcoin, crowdsourced.
2014 · darkwallet.is · its alternatives →
17ZK
Zero-Knowledge Proofs in WebAssembly▲81
2019 · zkwasm.kobi.one · its alternatives →
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Blockstack▲128
A new internet for decentralized apps
2016 · blockstack.org · its alternatives →
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BlockCypher▲66
AWS for Block Chains
2014 · blockcypher.com · its alternatives →
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Zerodha▲102
Stock broking meets technology
2017 · zerodha.com · its alternatives →
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a16z - Secrets, power laws, and technology▲56
Chris Dixon interviews co-author of "Zero to One"
2015 · a16z.com · its alternatives →
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NOCBY▲54
zkp steganography data privacy data security
2025 · its alternatives →
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Airbitz▲74
Edge security platform. Securing the future of Blockchain
2016 · its alternatives →
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BlockScore▲106
The intelligent ID verification system
2014 · plaid.com · its alternatives →

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