Blockchain Privacy – Part 3: Ring Signature Mixes

Now we’ve covered why privacy is essential for widespread cryptocurrency adoption, and how stealth addresses can help assist the pseudonymity (stealth addresses defined and explained in Part 2, pseudonymity discussed in Part 1), it’s time to explain how to combine cryptography and Ethereum’s smart contract functionality to add another layer of obfuscation to public blockchains! …

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Blockchain Privacy – Part 2: Stealth Addresses

Privacy In Part 1 we covered why privacy is essential for widespread cryptocurrency adoption, and concluded that neither Bitcoin nor Ethereum, or even ZCash is suitable for the task we’re wanting to solve: anonymity with efficiency. (Also the bonus property of needing no trusted setup)! COOL THING 1: STEALTH ADDRESSES The benefits of using stealth …

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