Ecash’s Creator Is Back – And He Thinks He’s Built the Fastest Cryptocurrency

One of the founders of the cypherpunk movement has just revealed new technology that he believes will revolutionize cryptocurrency from this moment on.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the grey-haired, digital money pioneer David Chaum is launching a new cryptocurrency Elixxir via his startup.

And his goals are bold. By using cryptographic techniques he invented decades ago, he believes he’s “reinvented” cryptocurrency, fixing fundamental problems plaguing the emerging technology, including speed, privacy, scalability and – one that perhaps doesn’t get quite as much attention – resistance to future disasters.

Even further, he thinks solving these problems will take blockchain “mainstream.”

One of the most influential digital money pioneers leading up to bitcoin, the famed cryptographer has been sleuthing around cryptocurrency conferences recently – dropping hints here and there – sparking theories about what exactly he’s been up to.

What he found, though, were many…