Quote from: toknormal on March 15, 2017, 10:10:53 PM

Quote from: kurious on March 15, 2017, 08:23:30 PM

Are you saying you think Dash is better than Monero - at least in this respect?

No. I'm saying you can't compare their approaches to 'privacy'. Each is appropriate to its respective blockchain's design priority and works in that respect. Dash's was to retain bitcoin compatability - in particular with respect to staying a transparent chain.

Monero's was to provide a fully encrypted transacting environment where the significant transaction attributes are only accessible to the participating parties. If Dash adopted a Cryptonote approach, it would loose a central plank of its value basis. If Monero adopted Dash's approach it would suffer similarly. So there's no battle to be won there - each has the type of privacy that's consistent with its respective monetary model.

I believe that aspect of Dash's privacy model is flawed. It provides a significant handle for for data mining the block chain. That combined with a semi-centralized mixing model makes Dash's "privacy" broken from the get go.