Discussing Bitcoin Privacy and Mixnet

<p class="p1"><strong>Chapters and Timestamps From This Episode:<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p>[00:07] Chapter 1: Reminder to grab your tickets for Bitcoin 2022! Use code ‘Satoshi’ to save and pay in bitcoin to save even more. Learn more at b.tc/conference</p> <p>[01:50] Chapter 2: Harry Halpin joins the Space and introduces today’s topic.</p> <p>[03:00] Chapter 3: Outlining issues with IP addresses and Bitcoin privacy. Explaining mixnets.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>[08:30] Chapter 4: The history of mixnets and how HashCash and Mixmaster got started.</p> <p>[13:00] Chapter 5: PipeNet and the Anonymity Trilemma.</p> <p>[16:32] Chapter 6: Discussing Adam’s paper, Traffic Analysis Attacks and Trade-offs and Anonymity Providing Systems, and concerns with cryptocurrency privacy.</p> <p>[19:25] Chapter 7: Why latency attacks are so difficult to protect against and discussing threat models.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>[24:45] Chapter 8: How Nym differs from Tor.</p> <p>[31:10] Chapter 9: Are these attacks realistic to de-anonymize Bitcoin users?</p> <p>[33:10] Chapter 10: Cypherpunk history that’s been forgotten. Discussing what the Freedom Network was and if it differed from Tor.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>[44:05] Chapter 11: When did the first use case for mixnets emerge?</p> <p>[47:20] Chapter 12: How Chaumian e-cash predicted mixnets. The connection between Bitcoin, Mixmaster, PipeNet and Tor.</p> <p>[55:32] Chapter 13: Is there a more general use for this technology? Ex: proving citizenship, vaccine status, etc.</p> <p>[1:06:18] Chapter 12: Adam responds to the credential potential and what impact this has for privacy.</p> <p>[1:08:47] Chapter 11: Q&A: Is Nym looking to have it’s own token? And, why did they accept funding from Andreessen Horowitz?</p> <p>[1:17:40] Chapter 12: Exploring other solutions needed for privacy and alternative ways to prove identity.</p> <p>[1:22:48] Chapter 13: What if you want your id