https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1712.01210/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16059711urn:hackerpapers:mention:1712.01210:16059711Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:46:30 GMT<p>On the linkability of Zcash transactions - Jeffrey Quesnelle Zcash is a fork of Bitcoin with optional anonymity features. While transparent transactions are fully linkable, shielded transactions use zero-knowledge proofs to obscure the parties and amounts of the transactions. First, we observe various metrics regarding the usage of shielded addresses. Moreover, we show that most coins sent to shielded addresses are later sent back to transparent addresses. We then search for round-trip transactions, where the same, or nearly the same number of coins are sent from a transparent address, to a…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1712.01210/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CR