BTC: Bitcoin Can Gain Privacy Features Without Changing Base Layer: Stacks Founder

Published: 11 November 2026

BTC network/ecosystem note dated 11 November 2026. This page summarizes the source development in plain English; it is not a price call.

What changed

• Bitcoin could gain confidential transaction capabilities without compromising the public auditability of its total supply. This is according to Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali, who outlined the project’s privacy plan in a recent interview with Scott Melker. Confidential Trans…

What the figures mean

Independent check on the printed figures (8217, 8220, 8221, 2029): confirm the unit, the session or as-of timestamp, and whether the number is a flow, a price, a rate, or a count before treating the headline as a directional call for BTC. This page restates source figures; it does not invent a second dataset.

Why it matters

The item is included because it is substantively about BTC (institutions, policy, flows, security, or network use), not a passing mention.

What to watch

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