diff --git a/privacy-metrics.md b/privacy-metrics.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2bed83 --- /dev/null +++ b/privacy-metrics.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# Privacy Metrics + +2018.06.26 14:10-15:10 - Brad Miller and Eirik Ogilvie-Wigley + +https://beta.z.cash/metrics/ + +We could look at https://metrics.torproject.org/ for inspiration + +Also https://zcha.in/statistics/usage + +Self-auditing tools to check your privacy score + +Add an option to randomize the time at which a transaction is sent + +--- + +What can benefit the Zcash community to fully adopt Z-addresses? + +Coming up with metrics + +Shielded transaction: Z address to Z address. The only thing that is exposed is the transaction fee. + +Run ZCash on TOR to be safe from leaking IP information. + +Point 1: +User interface to enhance the perception of shielded address + +Point 2: +Institutions prefer T-addresses due to technical reasons, it's cheap computationally. Without institutions supporting Z-addresses it'll be too hard to get it off the ground. + +Point 3: +Business analytics (understanding adoption) and metrics on how the network operates and what the community actually wants/needs. + +Ideas for metrics: + +IP address linkability +Fee linkability +Linkability via peer preference through transactions entering the mempool + +Ideas for improving privacy: + +Privacy score: giving users a privacy score in their wallet (gamifying UX - give people a bad score if they are doing something wrong)