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A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation said he had “internally” discovered that staking Ether reveals a user's IP address information. A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that the IP address es of Ether (ETH) stakers are monitored as part of a broader set of metadata, causing the cryptocurrency community to flag Ethereum for privacy concerns . In an April 12 interview on the crypto podcast Bankless, EF researcher Justin Drake revealed that he learned this information “internally” — presumably at EF. The metadata Drake referred to is used to track a wide range of things, he explained: “There’s a lot of metadata, you can look at deposit addresses, you can look at withdrawal addresses, you can look at fee recipients, you can look at IP addresses.” Drake’s comments appeared to have taken Bankless host Ryan Sean Adams by surprise. Ethereum = 1984 chain Justin Drake, who works as the "Researcher" at the Ethereum Foundation, said today that when you stake y...

The ETH tokens in question originated from trading platforms Genesis and Poloniex and were found transferring 13,103.99 ETH and 9,878 ETH, respectively. At a time of bear market-induced uncertainty, crypto investors often tend to stick with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) to evade impermanent losses. As a result, the significant movement of such assets intrigues the community as they try and decipher the intent behind the move. Two addresses that have remained dormant for over four years recently came back to life to transfer 22,982 ETH to new addresses — leaving investors scratching their heads. The ETH tokens in question originated from trading platforms Genesis and Poloniex and were found transferring 13,103.99 ETH and 9,878 ETH, respectively. #PeckShieldAlert 2 Dormant addresses transfer red 22,982 $ETH (~27.2M) to 2 fresh addresses, their last movement was October 2018 (1,535 days ago). These $ETH originated from Genesis and Poloniex pic.twitter.com/MXKpLnypif — PeckShield...