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Re:Bitcoin Users Reveal More Private Information Than They R... by NobleSir on Monday April 04, 2016 @08:39PM (#11426948)
A cool protocol, trusted setup though.
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Re:Bitcoin Users Reveal More Private Information Than They R... by zooko-zcash on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @10:43AM (#11430747)
Here's what I wrote about that: https://z.cash/blog/snark-parameters.html
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Re:Bitcoin Users Reveal More Private Information Than They R... by NobleSir on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @12:52PM (#11432040)
A good writeup, and exactly what I was saying by "trusted set-up." I think it's important that this trusted set-up (and your writeup ofc) are known by anyone who is going to store value in the currency, rather than just merely assuming it's "same as bitcoin with more privacy."
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