Plausible Deniability and Cryptocurrency Privacy Workshop - Revision history

Mountainlion at 06:08, 21 July 2022

2022-07-21T06:08:16Z

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	<span style="color:orange">'''NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at Workshop A (D'Angelo 309).'''<br>		<span style="color:orange">'''NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop -- please show up early to ensure a seat at Workshop A (D'Angelo 309).'''<br>
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	~~== Abstract ==~~
	Hackers around the world use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether every day under the mistaken assumption that these networks are somehow privacy-preserving (often conflating pseudonymity for privacy). This couldn't be further from the truth, as it is in fact often easier to trace crypto transactions than fiat transactions. Even so-called private networks like Zcash and Monero aren't failsafe from a privacy perspective. However, with a few tricks and tools it is possible to preserve privacy on cryptographic networks in a robust way. This workshop will present a brief history of privacy successes and failures in cryptocurrency and blockchain with important case studies, will demonstrate tracing and de-anonymization of actual transactions in real time, and will present tools and techniques for guaranteeing strong privacy.


	== Presenter(s) ==		== Presenter(s) ==
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	Ahmed Ghappour		Ahmed Ghappour

			== Abstract ==
			Hackers around the world use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether every day under the mistaken assumption that these networks are somehow privacy-preserving (often conflating pseudonymity for privacy). This couldn't be further from the truth, as it is in fact often easier to trace crypto transactions than fiat transactions. Even so-called private networks like Zcash and Monero aren't failsafe from a privacy perspective. However, with a few tricks and tools it is possible to preserve privacy on cryptographic networks in a robust way. This workshop will present a brief history of privacy successes and failures in cryptocurrency and blockchain with important case studies, will demonstrate tracing and de-anonymization of actual transactions in real time, and will present tools and techniques for guaranteeing strong privacy.

	== ~~Full Description~~ ==		== Workshop Agenda ==
	Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.<br/>		Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.<br/>
	See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.<br/>		See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.<br/>

Mountainlion at 06:07, 21 July 2022

2022-07-21T06:07:02Z

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	== Registration -- NOT required ==		== Registration -- NOT required ==
	<span style="color:orange">'''You do not need to register in advance to take this workshop -- just show up early to ensure a seat.''':</span><br>		<span style="color:orange">'''You do not need to register in advance to take this workshop -- just show up early to ensure a seat.''':</span><br>


	~~== Required Software ==~~
	~~None~~

	== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==		== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==
	If you'd like, bring a laptop with a browser wallet funded with some change.		If you'd like, bring a laptop with a browser wallet funded with some change.

	~~== Links ==~~
	~~any links go here~~

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	== Required Software ==		== Required Software ==
	~~any required software goes here~~		None


	== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==		== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==

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	== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==		== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==
	~~any optional or required stuff to~~ bring ~~go here~~		If you'd like, bring a laptop with a browser wallet funded with some change.


	== Links ==		== Links ==
	any links go here		any links go here

Mountainlion: /* Full Description */

2022-07-21T06:05:13Z

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	== Full Description ==		== Full Description ==
	Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.<br/>		Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.<br/>
	See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.		See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.<br/>
	Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private.		Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private.<br/>
	Follow along as we demo tools to stay safe at a network level.		Follow along as we demo tools to stay safe at a network level.<br/>
	We will also demo some privacy-centric wallets and cryptocurrency protocols.		We will also demo some privacy-centric wallets and cryptocurrency protocols.

Mountainlion: /* Full Description */

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	== Full Description ==		== Full Description ==
	Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.		Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.<br/>
	See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.		See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.
	Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private.		Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private.

Mountainlion: /* Full Description */

2022-07-21T06:03:54Z

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	== Full Description ==		== Full Description ==
	Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network. See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces. Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private. Follow along as we demo tools to stay safe at a network level. We will also demo some privacy-centric wallets and cryptocurrency protocols.		Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network.
			See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces.
			Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private.
			Follow along as we demo tools to stay safe at a network level.
			We will also demo some privacy-centric wallets and cryptocurrency protocols.

	== Registration -- NOT required ==		== Registration -- NOT required ==

Mountainlion at 06:03, 21 July 2022

2022-07-21T06:03:28Z

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	== Full Description ==		== Full Description ==
	~~full description text goes here~~		Understand where information about your activity may be leaked, across the stack: hardware, software, protocol, and network. See case studies of how users were identified through their on-chain traces. Learn a framework for how to think about what parts of a transaction can be made private. Follow along as we demo tools to stay safe at a network level. We will also demo some privacy-centric wallets and cryptocurrency protocols.

Maltman23 at 16:32, 16 July 2022

2022-07-16T16:32:49Z

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	== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==		== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==
	any optional or required stuff to bring go here		any optional or required stuff to bring go here


	== Links ==		== Links ==
	any links go here		any links go here

Maltman23: /* What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) */

2022-07-16T16:32:41Z

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	== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==		== What Participants Should Bring to the Workshop (if anything) ==
	~~text goes~~ here		any optional or required stuff to bring go here


	== Links ==		== Links ==
	any links go here		any links go here