The state of privacy in Ethereum

IntelligenceMarch 29, 2019, 5:00PM EDT
UPDATED: April 8, 2022, 5:02PM EDT
The state of privacy in Ethereum
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Privacy is a theme deeply embedded in the crypto ecosystem. Satoshi Nakamoto dedicated a whole section to privacy in the Bitcoin whitepaper, acknowledging that Bitcoin’s design of publicly broadcasting transactions limits its privacy.

Blockchain analysis firms like Chainalysis and Elliptic are actively working to build services for deanonymizing blockchains and crypto transactions for regulatory and law enforcement purposes.

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