Anandu Aman

Table of Contents Introduction Bitcoin - Privacy by Wallet Monero - Privacy by Default Zcash - Privacy by Pool Comparing Size and Cost Bitcoin Transaction Notes Monero Transaction Notes Zcash Transaction Notes Results Throughput Bitcoin Network Notes Monero Network Notes Zcash Network Notes Results Conclusion Transactions used for estimates Bitcoin Monero Zcash Introduction As my first blog post I wanted to go ahead and share some thoughts I’ve had about efficiency within transaction types when comparing privacy protocols and usage. I have recently discussed this in some depth on Twitter where I was surprised by the results, finding that Monero manages to be quite a bit more efficient on size compared to Bitcoin when trying to use both in a private manner. I’ll use this blog post to break it down in a bit more detail, and add a new contender to the mix – Zcash. 1/ Thread on comparing “reasonably private” spe...

As mentioned in the getmonero.org blog post , the binaries of Command Line Interface (CLI) of Monero were recently compromised. For readers who are unaware of Monero, it is a cryptocurrency which aims to protect the financial privacy of its users. It is based on well-known technologies such as ring signatures and Confidential Transactions; I suggest reading Mastering Monero to better understand its fundamentals. Before starting my post-mortem analysis, I’d like to highlight that - at the moment of writing - I have no idea of HOW the downloads.getmonero.org server was compromised. This blog post will be updated once engineers finish inspecting the box. At first, nikitasius reported - via a Github issue a mismatched hash (SHA256: b99009d2e47989262c23f7277808f7bb0115075e7467061d54fd80c51a22e63d for the archive monero.tar.bz2) of the monero.tar.bz2 for Linux. This file is a compressed archive which contains the Monero Command Line client used to manage the walle...