commit 838438e95db00fd9ff028e25a2539888171703f3 parent cd8af8170fa259e77ff673b5d640ae9b60e9e024 Author: Florian Dold <florian.dold@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 15:21:49 +0200 add remark about zerocash's high anonymity Diffstat:
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diff --git a/doc/paper/taler.tex b/doc/paper/taler.tex @@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ blockchain's decentralized nature to escape anti-money laundering regulation~\cite{molander1998cyberpayments} as they provide anonymous, disintermediated transactions. +Unlike Taler, Zerocash fully hides transacted amounts as well both the sender +and receiver, giving an exceptionally high level of anonymity. This comes at +the cost of usage for illegitimate purposes such as money laundering and tax +evasion, as well as confirmation times and processing fees that are many orders +of magnitude larger. + GreenCoinX\footnote{\url{https://www.greencoinx.com/}} is a more recent AltCoin where the company promises to identify the owner of each coin via e-mail addresses and phone numbers. While it is unclear