Anonymity, Security and Privacy: Anonymous Cryptocurrency Enhancement Comparsion

[shinhurr]

Does someone have an idea how Anoncoin (ANC) compares to these?
They barely don't do any marketing but are developing again since recently.

I am not an Expert but will try to tell you what I was able to find out.

Anoncoin (ANC) can be used with TOR and I2P. It has quite a nice pre-built package which includes Invisible Internet Project (I2P) out of the box which is nice for beginners.

Concerning coin ownership "first features would be stealth addresses and ring signatures". I hope this helps.

Nice thank you,
btw, as far as I know (I might be quoting them wrong), the anoncoin developers also believe that tor is a risk to be used for anonymity. Since it also hides all possible fraude. While I2P has less 'exit points' I think they called it and is therefore less prone to fraude. Why, I don't know. . If anyone can explain in more detail or correct me, feel free.

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[cryptoatomic]

Well i am watching xspec very carefully because i believe it will give us the most anonimity in our transactions.

[SafeCoins]

Does someone have an idea how Anoncoin (ANC) compares to these?
They barely don't do any marketing but are developing again since recently.

I am not an Expert but will try to tell you what I was able to find out.

Anoncoin (ANC) can be used with TOR and I2P. It has quite a nice pre-built package which includes Invisible Internet Project (I2P) out of the box which is nice for beginners.

Concerning coin ownership "first features would be stealth addresses and ring signatures". I hope this helps.

Thank you, I will get this updated this weekend, much appreciated.

[Rebis.333]

GoByte (GBX) is an interesting private coin with excellent Masternode ROI. 

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/gobyte/

[Guardsman]

I myself am interested in anonymous crypto-currencies and recently came across one project, which seemed to me very promising. You have it in the table. This is KORE (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2096416.0)
Who studied the project deeper? Your opinion?

[axiline]

Well, finally, a good comparison between these coins of confidentiality, XMR is too outdated and outdated, we need something new and advanced, like XSPEC.

[billswk]

Spectrecoin (XSPEC) has the best integration with the Tor Network and some key features for the Darknet.
I do hold XSPEC, and will buy more, the project is undervaluated.

[BigBitNoob]

it looks like XSPEC might be the winner so far for me.

[statdude]

XSpec is truly revolutionary , ringsigs sans cryptonote.

[benv666]

Yesterday I bought my first bunch of XSPEC. I find the coin very promising featurewise, but I must say the wallets still feel very buggy. Hopefully that will improve soon.
Must add that I love the cold staking concept that they added, messing around with that now on a RPI3

[bitesquina]

The following is an updated attempt to assess and evaluate:

  1.   Enhancements/Protocols:
  
    a. Anonymous Capabilities / Anonymity
    b. Privacy
    c) Security

  2.   The coins that currently implement these features


Every will be made to assume none of these coins are a complete solution (yet).  Not because they're bad, but because a lot of the other comparison threads out there have been polarized toward one coin as the "solution with all the best end to end features".  

I would really appreciate your thoughts and input on this work in progress, so that together, we can make it even more complicated and unreadable.

https://i.imgur.com/W1iG5Uq.png


Anonymous, Privacy, and Security features are clearly all related to one another, yet in my mind are distinct:
  
Anonymous features ultimately aim for the holding and transacting of a commodity which both requires and releases zero identifying information.
              Buy a pizza.  No receipt, no exchange of information, no record of the pizza or you.
                    There are obvious legal implications to this, causing it to be a "dark" feature.
                          However, this slander assumes that the governing body itself is not "dark", or corrupt.   In many places in the world, Anonymity is a matter of life and death.
                          As such, Anonymity is a double edged sword, aiding both sinister and altruistic efforts.
                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
              

Privacy features aim to give ownership of identifying information to individuals/entities who hold or transact a commodity.
              Buy a pizza, there's a record of it but that record is for you (and potentially the pizza shop) only.
                    There is a legal arguement for privacy features.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_law

Security:  If you can hack the thing, you need not worry about Anonymity and Privacy.  Those are out.



Some other attempts at this:  

Full list of anonymous coins
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1025878.0

 [DASH/XDN/XMR/SDC] Comparison between the most known anonymous coins
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985039.0

Privacy getting important: Verge or Spectrecoin or DeepOnion??
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2397519.0;all

Which cryptocurrency is most anonymous?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2157374.0


https://zcoin.io/zcoins-privacy-tec


Wondering about this one:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2525344.0

Awesome work, SafeCoins !

If you don't mind a suggestion, it would be nice to have a column telling if all transactions are private or there may be non-private (transparate) transactions. It is a feature having pros (transparency may be interesting in some cases) and cons (if few people use the privacy feature of the coin, it exposes the private users)

[SafeCoins]

Awesome work, SafeCoins !

If you don't mind a suggestion, it would be nice to have a column telling if all transactions are private or there may be non-private (transparate) transactions. It is a feature having pros (transparency may be interesting in some cases) and cons (if few people use the privacy feature of the coin, it exposes the private users)

That's a really good point, I will add it this weekend.   I am temporarily separated from my trusty spreadsheet but I'll add this, as well as marketplace coins, on friday/sat this week.    On top of my head I think basically all cryptonote coins are privacy based by default, and basically all others (?) that I can think of are dual mode (for better or worse).

Any exceptions to that I'm missing?

[H0dLer]

Wait for Xspec train after the defult stealth adress integration 

[hinterland]

Great thread, Monero and DeepOnion for me. IMO it's still far too early to determine which will be the best, however the concept of anonymity is second to none.

[5ensei]

The problem with xspec is that it is too anonymous in that no-one has ever heard of it! The project has been around for a long time but has zero marketing. Deeponion has already surpassed xspec 6 months after launch due to their superior marketing strategies. I guess it's a simple case of what is worth more to an investor - a better product or better marketing campaign? If the coin has the same features as xspec and same marketing as deeponion this will go to the moon!

[vovannovig2]

XSPEC and ZOIN = My choice

[pvk444]

The problem with xspec is that it is too anonymous in that no-one has ever heard of it! The project has been around for a long time but has zero marketing. Deeponion has already surpassed xspec 6 months after launch due to their superior marketing strategies. I guess it's a simple case of what is worth more to an investor - a better product or better marketing campaign? If the coin has the same features as xspec and same marketing as deeponion this will go to the moon!

I tend to agree with the view that XSPEC has a rather weak marketing. Will change hopefully soon. However, once privacy and anonymity becomes a dominating factor to buy into a coin, rather than only looking at the investment return, then XSPEC will excel automatically.

[size_m]

what about linda?
isn't linda also a privacy coin?

[SafeCoins]

Well,

Change is inevitable.   

I am no longer unbiased, and thus can no longer continue this comparison fairly.  If anyone wants my spreadsheet to edit, etc, and wants to continue a comparison, I can send it to you.


After careful research, I have started my own privacy coin.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838370

[bosian]

Deeponion has obfs4, meek and encrypted messages, trhe comparison table needs some update