Topic

Bitcoin privacy

Techniques and proposals for hiding senders, recipients and amounts in Bitcoin transactions, whether through protocol changes, off-chain systems or shielded pools.

Current clusters

invest3 publishers

Alloc Init's 56-page private Bitcoin spec leaves deposits and withdrawals for a second paper

Alloc Init published a 56-page design for Zcash-style private Bitcoin transfers that needs no change to Bitcoin's consensus rules. Deposits and withdrawals await a second paper, so who holds the pooled BTC is still an open question.

Publishers:bankless.comcointelegraph.comdecrypt.co

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 56%
Operator: Operator 27%
Investor: Investor 17%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption3
Hype gap+20
Incentives45
Confidence68

product1 publisher

Bitcoin privacy without a fork hinges on encryption Alloc Init has not finished

Alloc Init's Shielded Bitcoin paper claims Zcash-style private transfers on Bitcoin with no soft fork or consensus change. Moving coins into and out of the pool still depends on witness encryption the authors have not finished.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption0
Hype gap+45
Incentives50
Confidence40