Paper 2018/535

Monero - Privacy in the Blockchain

Kurt M. Alonso and Jordi Herrera Joancomartí

Abstract

Monero is a cryptocurrency that aims to provide transaction confidentiality and untraceability to its users. This is achieved through various cryptographic schemes, which allow concealing amounts and parties in transactions. Unfortunately, there has been a severe lack of literature describing with sufficient precision the cryptographic schemes at hand. With this report we aim at bridging this gap, by supplying detailed descriptions of the algorithms used in Monero to warrant privacy to its users. Furthermore, we do so minimizing the use of technicisms, so as to appeal to a broad readership.

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Publication info
Preprint.
Contact author(s)
kurt @ oktav se
History
2018-06-04: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2018/535
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2018/535,
      author = {Kurt M.  Alonso and Jordi Herrera Joancomartí},
      title = {Monero - Privacy in the Blockchain},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2018/535},
      year = {2018},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/535}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/535}
}
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