Bringing Privacy to Bitcoin | Bitcoin 2026
Bitcoin is the most sovereign money ever created and the least private money most people have ever used. At Bitcoin 2026, Damian Chen of the Starknet Foundation announces stkBTC, a privacy-preserving wrapped Bitcoin on Starknet that uses zero-knowledge proofs to break the on-chain link between your identity and your holdings. The talk opens with sobering data on rising wrench attacks against Bitcoin holders, AI-powered de-anonymization, and why privacy coins, exchanges, and sanctioned mixers all fail as solutions. stkBTC goes live May 12 with viewing keys for compliance and a roadmap toward fully trustless BitVM verification.Trade Bitcoin's next move on Duelbits Predict — get 100% cashback on your first bet, up to $100. Bitcoin Magazine exclusive. 👉 https://duel.bz/BCM
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🔶 Damian Chen - Starknet Foundation
Chapters:
0:35 — A wrench attack in France and the precision of modern targeting
1:35 — Wrench attacks up 75% in 2025 and one kidnapping every 2.5 days
2:43 — Why what was a feature in 2008 has become a map in 2026
3:22 — How AI now de-anonymizes wallets in seconds for under $1
4:13 — Why every existing Bitcoin privacy option is broken
6:05 — The answer is math: zero-knowledge proofs come back to Bitcoin
7:14 — Announcing stkBTC: private Bitcoin on Starknet
8:56 — How the privacy pool and cryptographic notes work
9:56 — Compliance, viewing keys, and third-party sanctions screening
10:43 — Acknowledging the trust trade-off and why it's worth it
12:06 — The roadmap: federation to BitVM to Bitcoin-native verification
12:39 — stkBTC as a quantum-safe Bitcoin solution with no soft fork
13:44 — Satoshi on zero-knowledge proofs 15 years later
14:25 — Closing call to action and where to reach Damian Chen
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