作者: Joseph Bonneau , Arvind Narayanan , Andrew Miller , Jeremy Clark , Joshua A. Kroll
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45472-5_31
关键词: Protocol (object-oriented programming) 、 Anonymity 、 Currency 、 Accountability 、 Incentive 、 Payment 、 Computer science 、 Computer security 、 Internet privacy 、 Cryptocurrency 、 Scheme (programming language)
摘要: We propose Mixcoin, a protocol to facilitate anonymous payments in Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies. build on the emergent phenomenon of currency mixes, adding an accountability mechanism expose theft. demonstrate that incentives mixes clients can be aligned ensure rational will not steal. Our scheme is efficient fully compatible with Bitcoin. Against passive attacker, our provides anonymity set all other users mixing coins contemporaneously. This interesting new property no clear analog better-studied communication mixes. active attackers offers traditional