Developing the Hack-Proof Privacy Coin: No ‘PICNIC’ — CoinDesk

“Pirate Chain and collaborating mining pools obfuscate the mining pool reports,” according to a Pirate Chain team member who, in the spirit of working on a privacy project, goes by the nom de jeton Wookiee. “dPOW, which notarizes transactions to avoid a 51% attack, is like having a second padlock on your door,” Wookiee says.