How Can Public Blockchains Have Privacy? | LTB #420 Dec 8th 2019

On todays show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now.Selected shownotes:- Are transparent blockchains fundamentally incompatible with privacy?- The decreasing cost of passive surveillance- Mimble Wimble research Attack, Developer Rebuttal, and Alternative - Gossip Protocols and The Stasi Model- Skin in the game with Proof of Work- The moving target and the arms race- Obscuring origins and game theory security- Breaking links with lightning- Adversarial relationships are economic in nature- Attacks in theory vs. practice- Security through obscurity?- Researchers, cryptographers and state level actors- And more...This episode was sponsored by http://eToro.ltbshow.com and http://Brave.com/ltbTodays discussion featured Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine.This episode was edited by Jonas, and featured music by Jared Rubens and General Fuzz. Any questions, comments or suggestions? Email adam@ltbshow.comThanks for listening!