Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It's Actually Anonymous

[ijphlrnxewho]

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It's Actually Anonymous
http://www.policymic.com/articles/59837/zerocoin-is-like-bitcoin-except-it-s-actually-anonymous

[1714000139]

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[TippingPoint]

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It's Actually Anonymous
http://www.policymic.com/articles/59837/zerocoin-is-like-bitcoin-except-it-s-actually-anonymous

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except No One Is Using It.

[Stouse49]

The article referenced above makes this statement:

"The recent rise of Bitcoin and its subsequent crackdown have taught us one thing: Bitcoin is awesome, but it’s not fully private. In fact, it’s one of the most public transaction systems ever, operating through an open access database known as the blockchain, and each transaction has a traceable IP address. In Bitcoin, you may be unknown, but your money isn’t."

How does each transaction have a traceable IP address?  Or is the author incorrect?

[ruletheworld]

The author is wrong, there's no traceable IP address but all transactions are public, recording the wallet id and amount

[AnonyMint]

The author is wrong, there's no traceable IP address but all transactions are public, recording the wallet id and amount

Even though no IP address is stored in the blockchain, any NSA listening can correlate your IP address to the transaction. Also your ISP may keep a log your communications, which the authorities can access.

I wrote more about why we need high-latency I2P more then we need Zerocoin:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=273197.msg2950849#msg2950849

Currently Tor and I2P are not very confidently anonymous, because low-latency Chaum mix-nets (a.k.a. onion or garlic routing) are not immune to timing attacks on anonymity.

[qxzn]

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It's Actually Anonymous
http://www.policymic.com/articles/59837/zerocoin-is-like-bitcoin-except-it-s-actually-anonymous

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except No One Is Using It.

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It Is Not Functional (Yet).

[K1773R]

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except It's Actually Anonymous
http://www.policymic.com/articles/59837/zerocoin-is-like-bitcoin-except-it-s-actually-anonymous

Zerocoin is like Bitcoin, Except No One Is Using It.

Zerocoin is dead, they arent even answering messages/emails from devs wanting to integrate zerocoin; as they say, "you should contact us"

[SPC_Bitcoin]

this came across the boards.... thought I'd search the forum see what's been said about it.

http://zerocoin.org/

anything new to add?

thanks

[QuantPlus]

The author is wrong, there's no traceable IP address but all transactions are public, recording the wallet id and amount

Even though no IP address is stored in the blockchain, any NSA listening can correlate your IP address to the transaction. Also your ISP may keep a log your communications, which the authorities can access.

I wrote more about why we need high-latency I2P more then we need Zerocoin:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=273197.msg2950849#msg2950849

Currently Tor and I2P are not very confidently anonymous, because low-latency Chaum mix-nets (a.k.a. onion or garlic routing) are not immune to timing attacks on anonymity.

That SWAT team that broke my door down at 5:00 AM last week...
This is exactly what they told me.

[herzmeister]

"The recent rise of Bitcoin and its subsequent crackdown [...]"

wha? 

stopped reading there.   

[Walter Rothbard]

With the zerocoin library available, what obstacles are preventing someone from making an altcoin that incorporates zerocoin?

[tacotime]

Zerocoin is like bitcoin with an inbuilt anonymizing function. It works kind of like this:

Put lots of other peoples money and your money of the same denomination in a bin
Mix the money up
Reach in an grab an equivalent amount of money, which is now a random person's money

Now no one can tell where the original money came from.

They already have similar services for bitcoins for a fee:
https://blockchain.info/wallet/send-shared
http://www.bitcoinfog.com/

[Snail2]

As far as I know zerocoin is in alpha state at this moment, so it needs time and more active devs.

[scarsbergholden]

As far as I know zerocoin is in alpha state at this moment, so it needs time and more active devs.

this was my understanding as well, though to be honest, it has been a while since this has crossed my radar. any new information about zerocoin as of late?

[QuantPlus]

Introduction

libzerocoin is a C++ library that implements the core cryptographic routines of the Zerocoin protocol. Zerocoin is a distributed anonymous cash extension for Bitcoin-type (hash chain based) protocols. The protocol uses zero knowledge proofs to implement a fully decentralized coin laundry.

The Zerocoin protocol is provably secure and uses well-studied cryptographic primitives. For a complete description of the protocol, see our white paper published in the IEEE Security & Privacy Symposium (2013) below.
WARNING

THIS IS DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE. WE DON'T CERTIFY IT FOR PRODUCTION USE. WE ARE RELEASING THIS DEV VERSION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE, TEST AND (PROBABLY) BREAK. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING! IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL LIKELY MAKE CHANGES TO THE WIRE PROTOCOL THAT COULD BREAK CLIENT COMPATIBILITY. SEE [[HOW TO CONTRIBUTE]] FOR A LIST OF WAYS YOU CAN HELP US.
WARNING WARNING

NO, SERIOUSLY. THE ABOVE WARNING IS NOT JUST BOILERPLATE. THIS REALLY IS DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THE THINGS WE'VE INEVITABLY DONE WRONG. PLEASE DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU FIND OUT WE MISSED SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL. WE WILL BE TESTING AND IMPROVING IT OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
WARNING WARNING WARNING

WE'RE NOT JOKING. DON'T MAKE US PULL AN ADAM LANGLEY AND TAKE AWAY THE MAKEFILE.

[aa]

Haha, this thread...

[jdebunt]

Except no one gives a flying fart

[LiteCoinGuy]

you can find a video from one of the devs here:

https://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=192058

[Lauda]

It is vulnerable timed attacks.