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@hipsterelectron Tor actually has a FAQ asking people to not use Tor for bittorrent because it stresses the network
IPFS has done some work in this space, we're not sure how far along that aspect is
@hipsterelectron oh. drat.
I2p is an overlay network that does support bittorrent, although that falls significantly short of true anonymization, for reasons you can probably already see
@lispi314 @ireneista @dalias @Qbitzerre re: Monero you're speaking from absolute ignorance. Monero's underlying technologies are all established, proven crypto primitives. Monero stealth addresses are built on Diffie-Hellman key exchange, no one is breaking those. Monero RingCT has been peer reviewed in a number of journals.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098
https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/321
To say its security lacks formal proofs is simply false, although you could accurately make that assertion about Zcash.
This article introduces a method of hiding transaction amounts in the strongly decentralized anonymous cryptocurrency Monero. Similar to Bitcoin, Monero is a cryptocurrency which is distributed through a proof of work ``mining'' process. The original Monero protocol was based on CryptoNote, which uses ring signatures and one-time keys to hide the destination and origin of transactions. Recently the technique of using a commitment scheme to hide the amount of a transaction has been discussed and implemented by Bitcoin Core Developer Gregory Maxwell. In this article, a new type of ring signature, A Multi-layered Linkable Spontaneous Anonymous Group signature is described which allows for hidden amounts, origins and destinations of transactions with reasonable efficiency and verifiable, trustless coin generation. The author would like to note that early drafts of this were publicized in the Monero Community and on the bitcoin research irc channel. Blockchain hashed drafts are available in \cite{Snoe}.
@hyc @lispi314 @dalias @Qbitzerre so like, full disclosure here, we have never looked into Monero in particular
but we did sit through a whole talk at PEPR 2023 from someone whose consulting firm specializes in building know-your-customer compliance features for cryptocurrency exchanges
@ireneista @lispi314 @dalias @Qbitzerre in most cases I agree with this point. But re: Monero, govts themselves have sealed their own fates. By pushing to ban Monero from the regulated centralized crypto exchanges, they've encouraged the community to develop decentralized exchanges, thus losing any chance at maintaining insight or control on its usage. The IRS tried and failed to break Monero's privacy https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/z9j62d/the_irs_bounty_the_full_story/
Now all they can do is pretend it doesn't exist.
@ireneista @lispi314 @dalias @Qbitzerre all of that is true, but you don't need to obtain Monero from KYC-compliant vendors, nor do businesses that accept Monero payments need to obtain such info.
You can mine Monero yourself on an old smartphone or PC.
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