Ghesmati, S., Fdhila, W., & Weippl, E. 2022. User-perceived privacy in blockchain. [Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2022/287]. Added by: endor (2022-04-17 20:57)
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Abstract
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This paper studies users’ privacy perceptions of UTXO-based blockchains such as Bitcoin. In particular, it elaborates -- based on interviews and questionnaires -- on a mental model about employing privacy-preserving techniques when doing blockchain transactions. Additionally, it evaluates users' awareness of blockchain privacy issues and examines their preferences towards existing privacy-enhancing solutions, i.e., add-on techniques to Bitcoin versus built-in techniques in privacy coins. Using Bitcoin as an example, we shed light on existing discrepancies between users' privacy perceptions and preferences and current implementations.
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