zcon0-workshop-notes/network-privacy-in-blockchains.md

# Network Privacy in Blockchains


2018.06.27 13:00-14:00 - Isis Agora Lovecruft - Part 1
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This workshop about the privacy in propagation protocol within blockchain networks and
de-anonymization of transactions.

List of papers on blockchain network privacy: [https://github.com/isislovecruft/library--/tree/master/anonymity%20&%20circumvention/bitcoin](https://github.com/isislovecruft/library--/tree/master/anonymity%20&%20circumvention/bitcoin)

(Go up the path in the repo for more exciting papers)


Separate groups discussion on the network anonymization protocols (Some are fictional at this point):

- Dandelion
    - MimbleWimble / [Grin](https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin)
- Whisper Protocol ([Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Whisper))
- Tumblers
- Use Tor / Use Signal
- Use [Wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/)
- Broadcasted Encryption
- Randomized Transaction Handling
- [Kovri](https://github.com/monero-project/kovri) - Monero
- Mixnets


![Proposals Scored by stars with a view of Montreal under construction](/img/network-privacy-in-blockchains.JPG)