Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th...
by tromp on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:10AM
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> limitation to all sender-obfuscating cryptocurrencies
Only those that allow sending coins to recipients without their explicit approval. On pure Mimblewimble blockchains, the recipient must sign for receipt and is much less likely to accept poisoned funds.
Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th...
by cowtools on Monday October 17, 2022 @11:27AM
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It's irrelevant
Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th...
by sneed-oil on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:17PM
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Sorry, I didn't watch the video, but couldn't that be avoided by churning a few times?
Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th...
by cowtools on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:45PM
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Sort of, but not really. It is a very nuanced probabalistic attack. The problem is fundamentally that you need others to use your outputs as decoys in order to have plausible deniability.
The problem is a well-understood but innate limitation to all sender-obfuscating cryptocurrencies.