🏆 [Analysis] All the ways Grin and Beam take crypto back to its roots - David Z. Morris

"Ethos-driven" communities developing politically bent technology defined the Cypherpunk movement, and so it does for Beam and Grin ($grin), the two newest cryptocurrencies on the block. Both launched in January to great fanfare, particularly because of Mimblewimble technology and no initial coin offering (ICO). Mimblewimble allows for truly untraceable payments like privacy coins ZCash ($ZEC) or Monero ($XMR). This tech, as outlined in Grin's white paper, has political teeth: even Bitcoin ($BTC) reveals to much. Lastly, by not repeating the ICO mistakes of 2019 like premines, Grin and Beam have put themselves about the fray, limiting speculation and increasing there values.