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Abstract—Crypto-currency is a medium of exchange that is designed around securely
exchanging information via cryptographic algorithms. It is digital in nature and is
distributed in processing and decentralized in approach. It has changed the world
of Finance over the past several years. Aero, the digital crypto currency, is similar
in design and nature to the crypto-currency ethos. It has no central authority but
instead harnesses the power of a cluster of secure and trusted nodes. It protects
anonymity while allowing a relatively flexible method to expand upon in into a fully
decentralized system.
Overview
AERO is 100% Proof-of-Stake, with checkpoints and a POS Maximum Age of 48 hour stake time to provide a stable block time even for day traders. With a limited coin supply and a generous compound interest rate at 12%,
Aero holders are rewarded for staking their coins in their wallet. As an added benefit, holders also help make the Network more energy efficient and secure by utilising spare cpu cycles when their wallets are open and staking.
Aero’s anonymous solution is a unique hybrid blend which leverages on-demand encryption and clustered pools to randomize mixing. To prevent leakage, the transaction is passed through the clustered mixing pools multiple times,
thus rendering the transaction untraceable on the block chain. It also prevents the sender from tracing the transaction on the block chain. While the anonymous system is based upon an established peer coin codeline, it is
a highly modified and unique version.
Key Features of Aero
Anonymous transactions via Aerosend Anonymous Transfer can best be described as the process of being able to send and receive coins from key trusted nodes randomly to help disguise the source and destination transaction address.
The original design solution was devised as a method of providing users with the ability to carry out transactions with minimal impact to network performance while providing a good level of security via obfuscation through a mixer routine.
The initial revision for the Aero specification was to initiate a single round of mixing steps per anonymous transfer, however to ensure the continual security in the transfer process we decided to to lead to the next logical step:
increase the number of mixing loops Nth times. The complete process will benefit future Aero feature releases, allowing the flexibility to integrate tightly with other services but yet still provide the option to maintain an anonymous transaction.
Aero Anonymous Send
Pre Transfer steps:- User opens wallet and labels receiving address with label “mixer”. This can be the default address or a newly created one.
- User selects “Aerosend Anonymous Transfer” checkbox.
- User switches to the "received coins" tab to confirm receiving address is labeled “mixer”
- Include the Pay-To address which is the destination of Aero transfer include the mixer account in the “Label” field
- Select the Amount of AERO to send and click “Send”
Technical
The fundamental system mechanics from the initial revision of AeroSend remain the same except for a few key, but yet critical points.
The diagram above shows there are now additional steps involved in the processing of the Anonymous transaction, specifically section’s #2 and #3.
The following diagram illustrates the mechanism for AeroSend anonymous transfer
- 1.) Anonymous Transaction initiated, Transaction Split, Encrypted then broadcast to the cluster nodes
- 2.) Randomized nodes selection and transaction processed. Based on the number of coins to be sent the transaction is routed through a specified keychain ready to begin the mixing process.
- 3.) [Nth pass] Depending on the number of coins sent Transaction split, Encrypted and Re-broadcast to the Node cluster using new batch of coins. The transaction will be split up into several sub
transactions from randomly chosen nodes. The nodes then pass the transactions back over to the beginning to the mixer and loops through another cycle or mixing steps, further obfuscating the
process. - 4.) Once the mixing is done the transaction then forwards the Aero’s in a single unencrypted transaction to the destination address endpoint.
Considerations
Some of the key considerations which have been factored into this enhanced secure-transportation model (above) helps us maintain avenues of future integration which will integrate tightly into our next batch of coin specification features.
Our main concern in implementing this approach was to maintain backwards compatibility from within the existing code-base while both enhancing and strengthening Aero’s ability to perform anonymous transactions.
Upcoming features which are yet to be announced are all designed within a master plan or framework. This framework is built upon the creation of the AeroMe platform. 
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