Revisiting Anonymity and Privacy of Bitcoin

被引:3
作者
Zhao, Tianyu [1 ]
Zhang, Tao [2 ]
机构
[1] Griffith Univ, Sch Informat & Commun Technol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
[2] Guilin Univ Elect Technol, Guangxi Key Lab Trusted Software, Guilin, Peoples R China
来源
2021 IEEE 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRUST, SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS (TRUSTCOM 2021) | 2021年
关键词
Bitcoin; Anonymity; Privacy; Blockchain;
D O I
10.1109/TrustCom53373.2021.00175
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Since its introduction, Bitcoin has received extensive attentions. With features like privacy and anonymity, Bitcoin has been widely used. However, the mainstream finance and business worlds have not fully embraced Bitcoin yet. This study analyzes the assumption of anonymity and privacy of Bitcoin, give a threat model to Bitcoin privacy. Then present a comprehensive overview on practical attacks on anonymity and privacy of Bitcoin and proposals to improve anonymity of Bitcoin. Compare the state of-the-art proposals that address the privacy threats and enables strong privacy in Bitcoin. Finally, future research directions on privacy of Bitcoin are discussed.
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页码:1275 / 1280
页数:6
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