Do you know that your transaction records and balances can be traced with most of all the cryptocurrencies?Koto is based on a theory, called zero-knowledge proofs, to protect your privacy with shielded addresses.Of course, you can secure open transactions to use transparent addresses, as necessary.Delocalization of mining resources enhances democracy and safety of a cryptocurrency.Koto is a democratic cryptocurrency because Koto uses a CPU friendly hash algorithm, namely Yescrypt, which can easily be mined by PCs and smartphones at home.