Ameen Soleimani of Privacy Pools | Unpacking Privacy Pools – Motivations, Mechanics, and Tradeoffs

<p>Corey, D, and Jesse chat with Ameen about the motivations behind Privacy Pools, historical references including Tornado Cash and Z Cash, as well as the mechanics and tradeoffs associated with the approach. </p><p>Topics Covered in this episode: </p><ol><li>Motivations and history – Ethereum, Coinbase, Tornado Cash, zk-SNARKs, Zcash.</li><li>How Privacy Pools work – Setup, deposits, association sets, analysis</li><li>Complexities and Challenges in added infrastructure and coordination</li><li>Responsibilities and compliance</li><li>Open source development and how to get involved</li></ol><p>JOIN THE COMMUNITY </p><p>Logos State Twitter: https://twitter.com/Logos_network </p><p>Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/logosnetwork </p><p>Logos Press Engine: https://press.logos.co/ </p><p>RESOURCES: </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ameensol " target="_blank">Ameen X</a></p><p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4563364" target="_blank">Privacy Pools Paper</a></p><p><a href="https://www.privacypools.com/ " target="_blank">Privacy Pools Website</a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/ameensol/privacy-pools " target="_blank">Privacy Pools Github</a></p><p><a href="https://wewantjusticedao.org/ " target="_blank">Fundraiser for Roman Storm and Alex Pertsev</a></p><p>TIMESTAMPS </p><p>00:00 Intro </p><p>5:00 Introducing Amen </p><p>6:30 Why dive into privacy now? </p><p>8:25 Corey’s interpretation and background to the Privacy Pools paper </p><p>11:35 Ameen's motivations for Privacy Pools - history of Ethereum, Coinbase, zk snarks, Z Cash </p><p>11:50 Tornado Cash compliance tool and enhancing the power of compliance </p><p>17:30 Is privacy all or nothing? </p><p>20:30 Mechanics of the privacy pool setup. Deposits, association sets, analysis </p><p>22:15 Week long dispute of proofs and tradeoffs </p><p>24:00 Versions of Privacy Pools, shielded pools, z-cash comparison </p><p>27:00 Maintaining decentralization while working in different jurisdictions </p><p>28:46 The consequences and challenges of bui