__I have a  bunch of crypto news piled up for you. It's hard to follow everything and it is eve harder to write about all of them. I'm a very big privacy advocate. So I thought of starting with some PIVX news.__

# [The Zerocoin Light Protocol](https://twitter.com/_pivx/status/1031722177970823175?s=19)
https://i1.wp.com/pivx.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/howzerocoinworks-chart.jpg?resize=839%2C591&ssl=1
__Basically this is allowing light nodes that don't store the entire blockchain to mint/spend zPIV. It's privacy on the go. You can't always be carrying your laptop when you want to buy something privately and 3rd party centralized services can serve as massive honeypots or can get compromised. This is why the commitment for mobile privacy is extremely important. It's still in the testing phase and will take some weeks before it's made available for everyone.__ 

__This is another first in the crypto-sphere from PIVX.__

# [Basic Attention Token AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/97trex/im_brendan_eich_ceo_of_bat_and_brave_ama/)
https://basicattentiontoken.org/images/bat_triad_diagram.png
__If you are not using the Brave Browser, please check it out now. Also make sure to switch to https://duckduckgo.com or similar search engine that has more respect for your privacy. The AMA had so much good news and I'll dig out few of them below.__

https://preview.ibb.co/d1WXXe/B1.png

__Read those 2 responses if you are a lover of freedom and cool tech. These things could be happening much down the road. But just having them planned out matters. There is more:__

https://preview.ibb.co/db1zCe/B2.png
https://preview.ibb.co/cfgMQz/B3.png
https://preview.ibb.co/m7p85z/B4.png

# Introducing D-DPoS With Passive Voting
https://youtu.be/IJxsKOGjtMM

__It's not going to be helpful when it comes to governance. But when it comes to security D-DPoS seems like a superior alternative to DPoS block production. So we are again stuck with a trade off. It's a choice between superior security vs superior governance. One thin to be sure of is that having the choice is better than having none.__

# [Chinese Global Public Chain Tech Evaluation(CCID)](https://twitter.com/coinness/status/10303375339078860800)
__This project evaluate crypto projects every month and it has more merit than most Top 10 lists etc. The list focus significantly on fundamentals and though it's not a way to plan your investments, it's a great way to now which projects to keep an eye on.__

__Here is how the coins are ranked:__

- __Top 5 in general: EOS, Ethereum, Komodo, Nebulas, and NEO__
- __Top 5 by technology: EOS, Steem, ETH, BitShares, and Komodo__
- __Top 5 by applicability: NEM, Decred, Litecoin, Hcash, and Bitcoin Cash__
- __Top 5 by innovation: EOS, Ethereum, Komodo, Nebulas, and Stellar__

# The Binance Academy

https://3mgj4y44nc15fnv8d303d8zb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/It-is-Official-Binance-Announces-Beta-Launch-of-Its-Academy-696x449.jpg
<sub>[Source](https://3mgj4y44nc15fnv8d303d8zb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/It-is-Official-Binance-Announces-Beta-Launch-of-Its-Academy-696x449.jpg)</sub>
__While most centralized corporations are either bashing crypto or just waiting from the sidelines to see how things go, Binance is steadily moving forward. If you have some friends/family who don't know a thing about crypto, https://www.binance.vision can be a great place to send them to. It has no value for most of you. But it's great for noobs and dummies and we need to get those noobs in track to take things to the mainstream.__

# [Does Government Accepting Crypto for Bail Imply Legitimacy?](https://www.dashforcenews.com/does-government-accepting-crypto-for-bail-imply-legitimacy/)
__This article paints a greatly optimistic look about the future for me.__

_The U.S. government attorneys initially signaled that they would be able to accept the cryptocurrency as payment of bail saying that “it might take a couple of days to get set up”, but they “should have the [cryptocurrency] wallet set up and we can do the transaction with the agents present”. However, the situation soon changed when they said that “[u]nfortunately, the FBI could not take possession of the cryptocurrency even though part of it would be used for restitution to Electronic Arts, due to liability issue”._

_Instead, the U.S. attorneys argued he would need to sell his cryptocurrencies, but Marsich countered by arguing that, since he holds many smaller market cap cryptocurrencies, selling all at once would crash some markets and prevent him from getting the required money. They ended up agreeing that Marsich will sell $200,000 USD worth of cryptocurrencies via a broker. The arguments on all sides were reported to have been of informed parties that appeared to be better educated on cryptocurrencies than average officials. Marsich is accused of hacking into EA’s FIFA platform and stealing and selling around $324,000 USD of digital goods, which he admitted to having converted some of the proceed into cryptocurrencies. The makeup of Marsich’s exact cryptocurrency holdings were unable to be discovered by news outlets._

__Let's hope things end for the better.__
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