Merge Avoidance: Privacy Enhancing Techniques in the Bitcoin Protocol
Mike Hearn is a software developer who works on the Bitcoin Core development team and also at Google. In this article, Mike discusses some bitcoin privacy leaks, and a new technique that does not currently have a name, but which he calls merge avoidance. Introduction to bitcoin privacy. It's an unfortunate fact that, despite bitcoin's reputation in the press, its users currently leak large amounts of personal information. It is distressingly easy for someone to learn about your balance, trading history and more. Protecting this information is a basic function of any useful financial....
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