Privacy is discussed very frequently in the tech world—especially now that social media executives are grudgingly suiting up and being paraded in front of US Senate committees.
At the same time, as blockchain advocates are happy to see this technology advancing human welfare and decentralizing money transfers, it's natural to wonder whether a user can actually have any privacy, what with all transactions being public on the chain.
In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:
- Blockchain as a tool for corporate governance
- Unbanked companies
- The DAO
- Social-purpose uses of blockchain
- Privacy concerns within the context of the social purpose of blockchain
- Zero-knowledge crypto-systems as a solution to privacy concerns