Email marketing, spam, and transactional mail have introduced new methods for invading privacy and posing cybersecurity risks. As marketers attempt to optimize metrics and open rates, individual email users - for both personal and corporate emails - are forced to find and use products that protect their privacy.

Tracking pixels - tiny images or other content - are frequently embedded in all outbound sales or marketing emails. Beyond tracking email deliverability and conversions, they may also track pernicious and privacy-invasive information, from ip address and location to device type (desktop, iPhone, iPad, Android) and email client used (Gmail, Outlook, etc.).

In a world where everything online is tracked, knowing how to protect your privacy, online activity, and email engagement is critical. We’ll cover how email tracking works, how digital marketing relies on invasive tracking data, and how you can protect yourself against this technology using better email clients and settings. During the holiday season, this is particularly important as your inbox is bombarded with offers, sales, and trackers.

Email trackers work by inserting a small piece of code into the email that is being sent. This code is invisible to the reader and does not affect the functionality of the email in any way. When the email is opened, the code is activated and sends a report back to the sender detailing when the email was opened and from what location.

There are a few different ways that email trackers can be used. One common use is to track whether or not an email has been opened. Open racking can be useful for ensuring that important or marketing emails are being read and responded to. It can also be used to gauge interest in a product or service. If an email about a new product is sent out and no one opens it, that is a good indication that the marketing campaign was ineffective, consumers did not respond to the subject line, or the call to action was not well targeted.

With this data collection method, marketers can conduct A/B tests on emails; for example, sending half of an email list subject A and the other half subject B. However, open tracking can be quite invasive; beyond simply sending information about email open rates, they can also include duration, location, device, and far more information, as a user’s device downloads the image or other content used for tracking.

Another common use for email trackers is to track how long an email is read for. This information can be used to determine whether or not the recipient is actually reading the email or just quickly scanning it. If the email is only being read for a few seconds, that is a good indication that it is not being given the attention it deserves. A/B testing may also be performed using email content and open durations.

Email trackers can also be used to track where the reader is located. This information can be used to determine whether or not the recipient is in the same country as the sender. This can be useful for businesses that want to target their marketing efforts to specific countries.

What are the best email privacy protections?

Email privacy is a major concern for any internet user. In an age where our every move is tracked and monitored, it's important to be mindful of the ways we can keep our information private. Here are some of the best practices for email privacy:

There are a lot of email providers out there, but not all of them are created equal when it comes to security. When choosing an email provider, look for one that offers 

This means that your emails will be encrypted from the moment you send them until the moment they're received by the intended recipient. This ensures that no one in between can read your emails.

 is an easy-to-use, end-to-end encrypted email provider that builds in significant privacy features and protections. No one, not even Skiff, has access to your email content or subjects, and Skiff also proxies all email images to prevent your personal information from being leaked.

This one seems like a no-brainer, but it's worth repeating. Your email password should be long, complex, and unique. Avoid using easily guessed words or phrases like your name or birthdate. And never reuse passwords across different accounts. We wrote a 

 on using a password manager and strong password.

Phishing emails are a common way for hackers to gain access to people's accounts. These are emails that look like they're from a legitimate source, but are actually fake. They often contain links or attachments that, if clicked on, will install malware on your computer or give the hacker access to your account. So, be careful what you click on, even if the email looks legitimate.

Clicking on a phishing email could inadvertently expose your personal data, account information, or more. Also, once you leave an email service provider inbox (Skiff, Gmail, etc.), you may lose the protections built into these services or into devices (such as Apple devices).

4. Use an end-to-end encrypted email product

Beyond just choosing a secure email product, choosing an end-to-end encrypted mail product guarantees additional protections. End-to-end encryption means your mail cannot be read by anyone other than the intended recipient. E2EE mail products, such as Skiff Mail, also add additional privacy features to keep your inbox free from invasive tracking; for example, you can add four free aliases that can be used for anonymous and private signup.

There are a number of reasons why you should use encrypted email. First, it is a very effective way to protect your privacy. If you are sending confidential or sensitive information, encryption will prevent anyone from reading it except for the intended recipient. This is especially important if you are using email to communicate with clients or customers, as you can be sure that their information will remain confidential.

Another reason to use encrypted email is that it can help to prevent identity theft. If your email account is hacked, the hacker will only be able to access your messages if they are also able to decrypt them. This is much more difficult to do with encrypted email, as even an email service provider does not have access to the content of your emails. In the remainder of this blog, we’ll cover more information about encrypted email products that are easy to use, like 

5. Make sure your email software blocks trackers and uses proxy servers

With a rise in tracking and privacy concerns, mail providers have had to go above and beyond in building privacy protections. Apple Mail Privacy Protection (MPP) is one example of this; MacOS and iOS users can opt-in to additional privacy protection features based inside their devices and operating systems. Similar to Skiff Mail, which proxies image downloads to ensure your IP address and other information is kept private, Apple’s MPP (Mail Privacy Protection) uses a proxy to download images and external content. Currently, this feature is available on MacOS Monterey and Ventura.

To enable MPP, Apple users can visit the preference center on iOS or MacOS, and then navigate to mail settings. From there, Mail Privacy Protection can be enabled (on supported operating system versions).

Other privacy features include clients that preload images. By preloading an image, information about the true open time, location, and other details may be obscured. A combination of image preloading and proxying adds significant privacy protections from marketing automations and email marketing campaigns.

What are email aliases and hide my email?

An email alias is an email address that is different from your primary email address but is still linked to your email account. Email aliases are good for privacy because they allow you to have a separate email address for different purposes. For example, you can have an alias for your work email and another alias for your personal email. This way, you can keep your work and personal email separate and your personal email address private.

Email aliases are often used for the purpose of privacy. By using an alias, the user can keep their primary email address private. In addition, email aliases can be used to create disposable email addresses. This can be useful when signing up for services that may spam the user's primary email address. By using a disposable email address, the user can avoid having their primary email address spammed, and either unsubscribe via the alias or simply remove an alias from their account.

Numerous products allow for multiple aliases, including Skiff Mail, which offers four free aliases; SimpleLogin, which offers a paid plan for extra aliases; and Apple’s hide my email, which creates email aliases that forward to a user’s email account.

Anti-tracking, privacy-first email accounts

Beyond simply adopting new privacy-first features inside your email, there are a number of reasons to want a fully privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted email provider. The most obvious is to protect the contents of your communications from being read by anyone other than the intended recipient. But there are other reasons as well. Encrypted email can also protect the sender and receiver from being identified, and can prevent email tracking.

There are a few different ways to achieve end to end encryption for email. One is to use a dedicated email encryption service, such as Skiff, 

. These services provide their own web-based interface for email, and encrypt all communications end to end using strong cryptography. This means that even the service provider cannot read your messages. Many of these services offer additional privacy benefits, such as Skiff Mail’s image proxy protection and support for multiple aliases.

End-to-end encryption can also be used to ensure the authenticity of an email. This is because the sender's device digitally signs the email before it is encrypted. The recipient's device can then verify the signature to ensure that the email has not been tampered with.

There have never been more attempts to spy on your inbox via professional marketing software. However, email providers have adapted, offering more security, protection, and safety than a user’s typical Gmail or Yahoo client.

As a result, we highly encourage switching to a privacy-first email product, like 

, and enabling the other default privacy protections built into your device or browser.

Image proxying for email tracking protection is a setting in some email clients that allows the user to prevent the automatic loading of images in email messages, or instead load content via a proxy server between the user and the remote content. This can help to protect the user's privacy by preventing email trackers from being able to collect data about the user's online activity.

Yes. Skiff Mail proxies all images and remote content to prevent tracking IP address and other open data. Furthermore, Skiff Mail supports four aliases per account on the Free plan, ten on the Pro plan, and fifteen on the Business plan, as well as unlimited aliasing using plus and dots (for example alias+1@skiff.com).

How can you use multiple email aliases for privacy?

There are a few different ways you can use multiple email aliases for privacy. One way is to use a different email address for each person or organization you communicate with. This way, if one of your email addresses is compromised, the others will remain private. Another way to use email aliases for privacy is to create a separate email address for each online account you have. This way, if your main email address is ever compromised, your other accounts will remain safe.

Email marketing and tracking privacy protection

You’ve set up your Skiff account and onboarded your team to your new, privacy-first workspace. How can you set up a shared custom domain for you and your colleagues to communicate internally and externally?

How to create a workspace and invite your team

To create your workspace and share the rest of your team, we recommend referencing our blog on “How to invite your team to Skiff.” That blog covers the signup process and how to use the organization settings page (

https://app.skiff.com/dashboard?settingTab=organization

) to send invite links that can be used to join your team. Find the full blog 

For a quick overview tutorial: First, sign up at Skiff’s signup page (

); then, visit the settings page and click your workspace name. There, customize your workspace name and icon, and then invite other team members to join.

To share a custom domain, you must invite your team to the workspace, not just to a single Skiff Page or folder

. Every workspace member will be able to use shared custom domains.

As a first step, you will need to upgrade your account to be on Skiff’s 

, which enable adding up to two (Pro tier) or five (Business tier) custom domains.

Then, you need to visit the mail custom domains 

, or click settings and then “Custom domains” from inside your inbox. After entering in your domain name, Skiff will provide DNS records (TXT records, CNAME records, and an MX record) for you to add to your domain registrar.

Once your records are added and published, Skiff will indicate that your domain is “verified,” which is necessary before you can add aliases to this domain. Note that all of these records must be published to ensure mail is sent and received safely and reliably.

We’ve also written a much longer, step-by-step blog on how to set up a custom domain - find it 

Once you have shared your workspace and have a verified custom domain, you can add aliases using this domain from the Mail custom domains settings page.

Unlike @skiff.com aliases, which must be four characters or longer (on Pro or Business tiers) and cannot contain certain characters, custom domain aliases have far fewer restrictions and can even be one letter!

Your colleagues in your workspace will also be able to add custom domain aliases, so you can add a@co.com, b@co.com, and even sales@, marketing@, business@, and more.

If you have questions or need support at any time, please reach out to us at support@skiff.org. In particular, we can help check on your custom domain verification, workspace paid plan status, and assist with any problems that may arise with aliases or DNS providers.

. Thank you for using Skiff, and we hope to deliver privacy-first, intuitive products to you and your team.

Yes - your workspace can have up to two domains if you are on the Pro plan, or five domains if you are on the Business plan. Once multiple domains are added, you will be able to both send and receive mail at any verified domains.

Is there a limit to the number of aliases per domain?

There is no limit to the number of aliases you can add per custom domain.

What characters can be added to a custom domain alias?

 aliases, you have much more flexibility on adding custom domain aliases, and you can even add one character (a@domain.com) aliases for you and your other team members.

Emailing support@skiff.org is the best way to get quick help on adding your MX, CNAME, and TXT records properly.

How to add a shared custom domain

Working together on Skiff yields critical privacy benefits for your communications, files, documennts, and more. Inviting your team brings numerous new features - as well as an opportunity to leave Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and other less private ways to collaborate.

We’ve built Skiff to be a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace for individuals, teams, and businesses - and sharing other members on your team is a critical need to jumpstart your privacy.

This blog walks through how to set up your workspace for team collaboration, how to invite your colleagues to collaborate, and how to add a shared custom domain. At any point, if you have questions, need help, or want an onboarding specialist to help with the process, we are available at hello@skiff.org for questions.

. This will prompt you to create an individual account, which will be the first member and administrator for your workspace. From there, you can customize your organization’s name from the organization 

On this settings page, you can change your organization’s name, add teams, delete teams, or add and remove members. Teams are organizational units of your workspace, such as Engineering, Design, and HR teams. We’ll cover sharing your organization with colleagues in the next section.

To use a shared custom domain and share teams (“Design,” “Business,” etc.), you need to add members to your workspace. This can be done from the organization settings page as well (

Workspace members will automatically be shared on all public teams within your organization, including the “Everyone” team. Invite-only teams will not be automatically shared, unless you add new members to them.

As noted above, you cannot add existing Skiff accounts to your workspace. Instead, you can send an email invite link that must be used to create a new account and join a workspace.

Adding a custom domain is critical for any organization that wants shared, personalized emails at the same domain for a business, family, or other group. To set up a custom domain, visit the custom domain settings page: 

https://app.skiff.com/mail?settingTab=custom+domains.

 Note that you will need to be on the Pro or Business tiers to do so.

Once you enter in your domain name, you will see DNS entries (MX record, TXT records, and CNAME records) to add via your domain registrar. Once added, these may take some time to populate. All records are necessary to enable mail sending and receiving at your domain, as well as critical security checks for email protection (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protection).

Once the domain is added and verified, anyone from your workspace will be able to add aliases using that custom domain. You can refer to our longer tutorial 

 on how to add and verify a custom domain.

Can existing Skiff accounts be added to new workspaces?

No - you must create new accounts to join a Skiff Workspace. Each account has a distinct mail inbox, drive, pages, and more.

How can I sign into multiple Skiff accounts?

On the web, click the workspace selector in the top left corner, and then click “Add account.” You will be able to sign into multiple Skiff accounts at once that each belong to a different workspace. You can also sign into multiple accounts on the mobile Pages and Drive apps, with multiple accounts on Mail coming soon.

Yes! Any admin can remove workspace members from the organization 

. Once removed, these workspace member accounts cannot be recovered.

Can a custom domain be shared across users?

Yes! Every member of your workspace can have a distinct custom domain alias, like a@yourcompany.com and b@yourcompany.com. That way, you can even add more aliases, like sales@, ops@, or hello@yourcompany.com.

Yes! You can add up to two custom domains on the Pro tier, and you can add up to five custom domains on the business tier. So, if you need to manage multiple domain email addresses, or multiple businesses from one workspace, you can easily add these domains to your Skiff account.

How to invite your team to a shared workspace

You’ve just signed up for a new email address on Skiff and are looking for your preferred custom domain. Your first name? Last name? Company name? This blog outlines step-by-step how you can add short aliases on Skiff, first from upgrading to the Pro or Business tier, and then adding a short-alias in app.

We’ll also cover how custom domain short aliases work, which have more flexibility on the number, length, and characters that can be used. We’ll also briefly cover the differences between aliases on Skiff and other email service providers, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft Outlook, and Hotmail.

To begin, Skiff Mail is a privacy-first email service with end-to-end encrypted email, collaborative documents, and encrypted file storage. Whether you’re looking for a professional email address, a personal email address, or an account for your small business, getting the right alias is critical.

Email aliases are a great way to keep your inbox organized and your messages separate from one another. By using an alias, you can have multiple email addresses that all go to the same inbox. This means that you can easily keep track of what is going on with each email address without having to open up multiple inboxes.

Aliases are also helpful when you want to sign up for multiple accounts with the same email provider. This way, you can use the same email address for all of your accounts without having to remember a bunch of different ones. All you have to do is set up your email address once and then use the alias when you sign up for new accounts.

Email aliases are also quite helpful in protecting individual and account privacy. Email aliases are often used to protect the identity of the sender or recipient of an email. In some cases, an email alias may be used to avoid spam, or to hide the identity of the sender from the recipient. In other cases, an email alias may be used to protect the identity of the recipient from the sender. Email aliases can be helpful for privacy in many different ways. For example, if you are worried about someone finding out your email address, you can use an alias. This way, if they find your alias, they will not be able to find your real email address or contact information.

Another way that email aliases can be helpful for privacy is if you are worried about someone seeing who you are emailing. For example, if you are emailing someone about a sensitive topic, you may not want them to see your real email address or full name. In this case, you can use an alias. This way, even if they see your alias, they will not be able to see your real email address, which could contain personal information.

Lastly, email aliases can be helpful for privacy if you are worried about someone knowing when you have emailed them. For example, if you are emailing someone about a sensitive topic, you may not want them to know when you emailed them. In this case, you can use an alias. This way, even if they see your alias, they will not be able to see when you emailed them.

Beyond just convenience, email aliases can be very helpful for privacy. If you are worried about someone finding out your email address, seeing who you are emailing, or knowing when you have emailed them, you can use an alias.

Skiff is designed to be privacy-first from the ground up - keeping your emails end-to-end encrypted and private to you. Using aliases properly is a great way to enhance this privacy, adding more email IDs to your account that preserve any possible personally identifying information.

All aliases work on all Skiff email clients, including iPhone, Android, iOS, MacOS, and more. When choosing a secure email solution, we highly recommend considering aliases as part of your email setup plan.

How can you get a short email alias on Skiff?

Adding a short email address on Skiff is quite simple. After creating your account, navigate to your inbox at 

. Then, open the settings page, and click “Plans.” To add a shorter alias, you will need to subscribe to the Pro or Business plans. These plans also allow you to add a custom email address at your own domain, add custom email signatures, or use your business name to create a shared workspace with multiple email accounts.

You can also use in-app Skiff credit to reduce the cost of upgrading your plan. This includes importing mail, downloading mobile apps, and inviting friends.

After that, simply navigate to the settings 

 and enter your preferred short alias with four or five characters.

If you need any help or support, contact support@skiff.org, DM us on 

. We also have support docs and additional blogs on our 

On free email accounts, you can create up to four email aliases. On paid plans, you can create up to fifteen. For more more information on different pricing plans, visit our 

You can add additional aliases from the aliases settings page. This is accessible from mobile devices (iOS or Android) as well as the web settings 


Yes. You can earn and use Skiff credit for different actions, such as downloading mobile apps. You can view different credit options on the in-app credits 

. Once you have earned credits, apply them to your payment plan, and then choose between Pro and Business plans. From there, you will be able to add short aliases, custom domain names, and more.

Yes - but only on your own custom domain! To set up a custom domain, read our blog on the topic 

. You will need to have subscribed to the paid Pro or Business plans (or use Skiff Credit); from there, you can add multiple custom domains onto one account or shared workspace. You can then add one character aliases via the custom domains 

You can currently add aliases that are four or five characters for the shortest email address with an @skiff.com domain.

Can you use a short alias for a business email address?

Yes, you can! We also recommend adding a custom domain for your business to share, which can be done by following 

How to add a short email alias on Skiff

Cryptocurrencies have the potential to revolutionize the global payments industry. They are fast, secure, and offer a level of anonymity that is not possible with traditional payment methods. Cryptocurrencies are also decentralized, meaning they are not subject to the control of governments or financial institutions. This gives users more control over their own finances and allows for the development of new and innovative applications.

Skiff recently launched cryptocurrency payments, allowing for you to check out for the Pro plan in a completely anonymous manner using a self custodial wallet. Currently, Skiff supports BTC, ETH, and USDC. This blog goes over why you may want to use crypto payments, how they work, and how you can use them on Skiff.

Cryptocurrencies are a type of digital asset that rely on cryptography for security. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not subject to government or financial institution control. Bitcoin, the first and most well-known cryptocurrency, was created in 2009. Cryptocurrencies are often traded on decentralized exchanges and can also be used to purchase goods and services.

Cryptocurrencies offer a number of advantages over traditional payment methods such as credit cards or cash. Cryptocurrencies are fast, secure, and pseudonymous. Transactions are verified and recorded on a public blockchain, ensuring that they cannot be tampered with or reversed. Cryptocurrencies are also borderless, meaning they can be used to send and receive payments anywhere in the world.

When it comes to making payments with cryptocurrencies, there are a few different options. You can use a service like BitPay, which allows you to pay for goods and services with Bitcoin, or you can use a peer-to-peer payment system like Ethereum's. There are also a few different ways to convert your coins into cash, such as using a Bitcoin ATM or selling them on a cryptocurrency exchange. Crypto.com’s 

 product also allows service providers, such as Shopify online stores, to integrate digital currency payments.

Overall, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets are becoming more and more popular for payments and other transactions, and companies like BitPay and Coinbase have offered APIs and configurations for merchants to use. They offer a convenient and secure way to send and receive money, and their popularity is only likely to continue to grow in the years to come.

The biggest cryptocurrencies - namely Bitcoin and Ethereum - remain highly popular for supporting online payments. However, other currencies, including USDC, are also becoming increasingly popular for online payments. Offering payment products has also been a key route of expansion for crypto companies.

, which allows companies to accept cryptocurrencies in an online checkout interface, like Stripe or another online payment processor. When visiting a site - like Skiff’s 

 - users can simply connect a wallet, or sign in with their Coinbase account to checkout.

Other payment processors are also becoming popular. 

 is a large and commonly product for adding Bitcoinpayment processing to a site, in a manner similar to how Stripe (or Coinbase Commerce) would allow for online checkout).

All wallets inherently support the ability to perform crypto payments, including MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom, Keplr, and others. A crypto payment is simply sending cryptocurrency to another user - in this case, Skiff. Any merchant that has started accepting crypto can either provide a payment gateway, which will manage the transaction set up, or could simply provide a wallet address to deposit funds.

. You can sign up with a username and a password, or just use a crypto wallet, including Coinbase Wallet, MetaMask, Brave Wallet, Keplr Wallet, or more. If you sign up without a crypto wallet, you can still pay for a Skiff Pro subscription with crypto!

After completing your account onboarding, visit the 

 to compare the Pro and Business tiers. Note that only the Pro tier can be paid for with cryptocurrency at this time; the Business tier requires a credit card or debit card to check out in USD as it may be used for businesses with variable numbers of people.

Once you’ve settled on the Pro plan, click the banner at the top that offers the crypto payment options. From there, you’ll be prompted with different options, including using a custodial wallet and signing into your Coinbase account. You can currently pay with USDC, BTC, and Ethereum, which will have variable transaction fees.

That’s it! You’ll be immediately upgraded to Pro features once your transaction confirms. If you have any questions about the process, email support@skiff.org.

Skiff currently accepts BTC, ETH, and USDC. Skiff also accepts fiat currency payments via Stripe for both the Business and Pro tiers.

You can use any Bitcoin, Ethereum, or USDC wallet. You’ll be presented with instructions and a QR code to send a transaction and confirm your payment.

Currently, you can only pay for a team on the Business plan with a credit or debit card. If you’re interested in paying for a larger team on the Business plan in crypto, contact hello@skiff.org.

What features are available on the Pro plan? What about the Business plan?

To learn more about Skiff’s payment plans, visit our 

. Generally, the Pro plan offers significantly higher storage, extra aliases, custom domains, and more. The Business plan offers a terabyte of storage, even more aliases, additional custom domains, and access to team sharing features for larger groups of people. The best plan for your use case depends on your storage needs, communication needs, and team size.

Can I still connect a crypto wallet without paying in crypto?

Yes! You can still connect many different wallet aliases and benefit from signup, end-to-end encrypted email, and end-to-end encrypted collaborative documents and files without paying in crypto. If you pay in fiat currency, you can also still connect wallets for communication and identity.

You’ll be prompted to renew in-app and will be able to subscribe for additional years of the Pro plan. If you choose not to renew, your account will lose access to premium features.

What level of privacy comes with crypto payments?

Most cryptocurrencies afford pseudo-anonymity but expose public transactions based on wallets. The most private cryptocurrencies are typically those that offer the greatest degree of anonymity and privacy for wallet address holders and transacting parties. Some of the most private cryptocurrencies include Monero, Dash, and Zcash. These cryptocurrencies typically make use of features such as stealth addresses and private transactions in order to keep user data hidden from the public ledger.

How to pay in crypto?

Have you already upgraded to the Pro or Business plan and need some quick tips on setting up a custom email domain? You’ve come to the right place.

This blog covers how to connect your domain name to your account, add aliases for you and your colleagues, and create a business email or personal address with your own, custom domain name.

First, visit the Mail custom domains settings page: Click settings, then click “Custom domains.” On mobile, click the gear icon in the top right, and then “Setup domain” (yes, you can configure custom domains from mobile as well).

Then, click “add domain,” and type in your domain name. Click “next,” and wait for the loading spinner to finish loading.

Now, you’ll be on a screen with a list of DNS records for your domain, including an MX record, two TXT records, and two CNAME records. You’ll need to add all of these records to your domain from your hosting provider.

Once you’ve navigated to your hosting provider or domain registrar, add each record for your domain. Note that 

you must have the Skiff MX record at priority zero

, and the other records must be copied in perfectly for your domain to verify properly.

After copying in all of the records, that’s it! Wait approximately five to ten minutes for your records to publish, then for Skiff to verify them.

You’ve verified your custom domain. What’s next?

You can now add any number of aliases for that domain from the custom domains settings page. First, click “add alias” next to your domain. Then, in the popup, type in your desired alias, which can even be 

! From there, you’ll want to type in an alias, and then click “add.” You’ll see the alias show up below your custom domain.

From there, you can now send and receive mail using this alias on your custom domain!

Now, what if you want to add multiple users with aliases for your custom domain? This is a common case for business email addresses.

First, add people to your workspace from your Skiff Pages or Drive dashboard (

). Click settings, then your workspace name, and “add members.” Or, share your “Everyone” team. New users will need a new account to join your workspace.

From there, all users added to your workspace will be able to add aliases on any custom domains you’ve verified for that workspace. Once you’ve added users to your workspace, Skiff can become a great email provider for businesses, teams, families, and other organizations that seek to have email accounts for team members with a shared domain name. Startups can also leverage our 

 program, which provides up to $1,000 of credit for your organization to join on the Pro or Business plans.

. We’re also available at support@skiff.org.

Quick guide: Get your custom domain set up

Today, we’re launching new payment tiers - Skiff Pro and Skiff Business - that offer additional functionality, flexibility, and scalability for every Skiff user. Almost one year ago, we launched Skiff Pages to the world, and we subsequently released Skiff Mail and Skiff Drive to build an entire workspace of privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted products for communicating and collaborating.

On Skiff, all of your data is owned by you

. Every file, page, and message is stored encrypted with a key that only you own. This core principle remains true regardless of which plan you’re on, so everyone in the world can benefit from privacy-first collaboration and communication.

Our paid plans are designed to augment the power and capabilities of using Skiff products. From adding more storage space and email aliases, to custom domains and higher messaging limits, Skiff Pro and Skiff Business are designed for individuals, businesses, and families to thrive at scale.

Mail users will now have access to a number of paid features, including additional email aliases to send and receive email. Free users are still able to sign up for four free aliases. Pro and Business users can access 

 for personalizing their email address, as well as a higher message limit for sending emails every day. All users continue to benefit from organization features (folders/labels), undo send, schedule send, custom signatures, auto replies, and more.

Drive users will mainly benefit from higher upload limits and increased storage space. While Pro users can utilize up to 100 GB of data across Mail, Pages, and Drive, Business users will have up to 1 TB of storage space per account.

The Pages paid features have also been increased. Now, you will be able to have unlimited workspace collaborators on the Business Plan, which will include shared custom domains and a full shared space for your files, documents, and more. Every user will still benefit from shareable links, full text search, and version history.

With Skiff Pro and Skiff Business, teams of any size can benefit from a full alternative to big-tech productivity suites. This allows you to send unique onboarding links to new users, who will be able to join your workspace and benefit from shared storage space, custom domains, and a single paid tier for everyone on your team.

 program and receive up to $1,000 in credit for onboarding their team.

Existing Pro accounts will be automatically upgraded to the new Pro plans! This means that every Pro user will receive extra email aliases, custom domains, and increased storage limits free of charge.

If you have questions, contact us at support@skiff.org anytime. You can also ask questions in our 

. If you’re looking for a personalized onboarding session for your team, you can reach out to us at hello@skiff.org and we’ll find time for a Skiff team member to help support your community with a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted workspace.

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As a result, many cryptocurrency community members have supported progress to build more privacy-respecting currencies, wherein users’ balances, interactions, and transactions are private. In this blog, we’ll explore some cryptocurrency basics, then walk through Monero and Zcash - two trending, popular, private cryptocurrencies with different protocols, ecosystems, and privacy features. Each also has their own set of crypto exchanges, regulatory concerns, and use cases.

What are privacy coins and cryptocurrencies?

Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual tokens that use cryptography to secure their transactions and to control the creation of new units. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not subject to government or financial institution control. Bitcoin, the first and most well-known cryptocurrency, was created in 2009. Cryptocurrencies are often traded on decentralized exchanges and can also be used to purchase goods and services.

Cryptocurrencies have become popular because they offer a degree of anonymity, are decentralized, and are often cheaper and faster to transact than traditional fiat currencies. Bitcoin, the most well-known cryptocurrency, has seen tremendous growth in popularity since its launch in 2009. Today, there are thousands of different cryptocurrencies with a combined market capitalization of over $1 trillion. Cryptocurrencies have become popular with investors, speculators, and users who value privacy and decentralization.

Cryptocurrencies are often lauded for their privacy features. Transactions made using cryptocurrencies are generally pseudonymous, meaning that they are not linked to individuals' real-world identities. This can make it difficult for authorities to trace cryptocurrency transactions and to track down the individuals behind them. Additionally, many cryptocurrencies offer privacy-enhancing features such as built-in mixing services that can further obfuscate the origins of transactions.

However, it is important to note that cryptocurrencies are not truly anonymous. In most cases, it is possible to trace cryptocurrency transactions back to their real-world origins. Additionally, many exchanges and service providers require users to verify their identities, meaning that users' real-world identities are often tied to their cryptocurrency activities. As such, while cryptocurrencies offer some privacy features, they are not completely private.

Given the amount of information exposed by public blockchains, users, scientists, and researchers have sought ways to shield cryptocurrency owners and transactions. This field is known as “privacy tokens” or “privacy coins.”

Zcash is an open-source cryptocurrency that offers privacy and selective transparency of transactions. Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient, and transaction amount may remain private. Monero is a cryptocurrency that focuses on privacy, decentralization, and scalability. Unlike

While many cryptocurrencies that are derivatives of Bitcoin, Monero is based on the CryptoNote protocol and has significant algorithmic differences relating to blockchain obfuscation. In the remainder of this blog, we’ll explore how these currencies work, some regulatory concerns associated with them, and privacy work associated with other layer one blockchains.

Zcash uses a zero-knowledge proof construction called a zk-SNARK (succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge), developed by its team of experienced cryptographers. This construction allows two users to exchange information without revealing their identities. The sender can encrypt data so that it can only be decrypted by someone with a secret key, and the receiver can verify that the data was not tampered with, without learning anything about the sender or the contents of the message.

Monero uses a technique called ring signatures to obfuscate the sender of a transaction. Ring signatures work by having a group of users sign each transaction, making it impossible to determine which user actually signed the transaction. This makes Monero transactions more private than Bitcoin transactions, which are only pseudonymous.

In addition, Monero (XMR) uses stealth addresses to further obfuscate the recipient of a transaction. Stealth addresses are single-use public keys that are generated for each transaction. The sender generates a stealth address, which is then used to create a one-time public key. The recipient can then use their private key to decrypt the transaction, without revealing their public key or address.

What are the benefits of Zcash and Monero?

The main benefit of Zcash is its privacy. Crypto transactions on the Zcash network are not publicly visible on the blockchain, and the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction can all remain private. This makes Zcash a good choice for users who value their privacy. Monero is also a good choice for users who value privacy, as well as those who value decentralization and scalability. Monero is based on the CryptoNote protocol, which is designed to be resistant to blockchain analysis. Monero is also scalable, as it can be easily integrated into existing cryptocurrency platforms.

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