S16 E32: Bitcoin vs Monero vs Zcash Privacy with Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski of Cypher Stack

Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski are working to build Cypher Space: a privacy & sovereignty company. In this episode, they compare + rate the privacy of Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash, Firo, Mimble Wimble (Litecoin, Grin), Zano & Beam.

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() Introducing Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski
() Tribalism and Privacy Protocols in Crypto
() Why Privacy Matters & Personal Motivations
() Diego’s Background and Cypher Stack
() Luke’s Background and Mathematical Perspective
() CoinJoin and the Limits of Bitcoin Privacy
() Threat Models and Privacy Tool Selection
() CoinJoin’s Effectiveness and Metadata Attacks
() Comparing CoinJoin to Tor/VPN Usage
() Overconfidence and Under-Researched Privacy Claims
() Levels of Privacy and User Education
() Defining Adversaries in Privacy Research
() CoinJoin’s Real-World Threats and Research Gaps
() Social Media, Nuance, and Privacy Debates
() CoinJoin as “Add-On” Privacy and Side-Channel Attacks
() Underestimating Adversaries and Attack Tools
() Sponsor Plugs and Criteria for Privacy Evaluation
() Scoring CoinJoin on Privacy Criteria
() WabiSabi and Wasabi Wallet Improvements
() Other Bitcoin Privacy Tools: BIP47 & Silent Payments
() Human Error and Privacy Tool Usability
() The Limits of Privacy Ratings and the Need for Nuance
() Tribalism, Community Research, and Productive Debate
() Non-Interactive Proofs and Security Assumptions
() Bitcoin Maximalism and the Limits of Debate
() Academic Rigor and the Need for More Research
() Bitcoin’s Privacy Risks if Mainstream Adoption Happens
() The State of Bitcoin Privacy Research and Funding
() Bitcoin’s Missed Privacy Opportunities
() Monero’s History and Privacy Technologies
() Monero’s Anonymity Set and Privacy Trade-Offs
() Monero’s Current Weaknesses and Upcoming FCMP
() Monero’s Privacy Scores and Scalability
() Zcash: History, Community, and Technology
() Zcash’s Privacy Model and Accumulator Approach
() Zero-Knowledge Proofs Explained
() Zcash’s Privacy Scores and Tachyon Scalability
() Firo (formerly Zcoin) and Spark Protocol
() Firo’s Privacy Scores and Future Upgrades
() Litecoin MWEB and Mimblewimble
() MWEB Privacy Scores and Limitations
() Other Privacy Projects: Zano, Beam, Salvium
() Toxicity, Community, and the Human Element
() Philosophy of Privacy and Human Nature
() Fungibility, Bitcoin, and Social Realities
() Summary and Chart of Privacy Scores
() Resources for Privacy Research and Final Thoughts

S16 E32: Bitcoin vs Monero vs Zcash Privacy with Diego Salazar & Luke Szramowski of Cypher Stack

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