The Google Pay for Bitcoin Wallets: Payment Codes and PayNym Bots

An emblematic, and probably the most controversial feature, cryptocurrencies brought to the world economy is absolute privacy. Lately, however, it seemed that this property was lost as financial institutions started to get the hang of the way they work. PayNym claims to be able to bring it back.

“When you walk the streets, it’s good to have a Samourai on your side”

The parent company, Samourai, vowed to bring into being the products that “Silicon Valley will never build, the regulators will never allow, and the VC’s will never invest in. We build the software that Bitcoin deserves.” One of their most popular software is the Samourai Wallet for Bitcoin which protects the identity and transaction history of its owner from curious eyes.

Other products include Sentinel (offline Bitcoin Wallet that only requires your Public Key) and the Afterburner (application for boosting slow Bitcoin transactions). PayNym, Samourai’s latest product, generates a unique payment code…