Quote from: ikanunaki on March 28, 2018, 08:13:09 AM

An Empirical Analysis of Traceability in the Monero Blockchain

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.04299/

very elaborate, like the search for the planet x that is supposed to be by its gravitational trail, but nobody has found it.

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Recommendations and Responses

The following are the recommendations listed in the paper and responses to them:

   The mixing sampling distribution should be modified to closer match the real distribution. We agree with this recommendation. The discussion covering the possible ways to do this, along with all associated research, can be seen on GitHub . As the paper acknowledges, we made a temporary improvement to the selection algorithm to choose more recent inputs (instead of pure random selection) in December 2016. Further improvements are required, and they are planned to be ready before or at the September 2017 hardfork date. As the paper notes, this change is not consensus-critical. It can be done the day after completion without a hardfork.

   The Monero community should engage in further data-backed analysis of privacy claims. We agree with this recommendation. Data-backed claims are an excellent way to improve the Monero privacy and security features. As stated in the paper, the threats discussed in the paper were discussed in the community previously. Unlike the paper claims, these discussions were not "informal"; instead, they were published in our MRL-0004 research paper in January 2015. Nevertheless, several of these attack vectors explained in the Decentralized Systems Lab paper are quantified for the first time.

   Monero users should be warned that their prior transactions are likely vulnerable to linking analysis. We mostly disagree with this recommendation. The vulnerabilities of 0-mixin transactions were well-documented and continuously shared with the Monero community while they were still allowed. The first research paper shared in the Monero community (MRL-0001) was published in September 2014. Furthermore, most of Monero's community growth occurred after these 0-mixin transactions were prohibited across the network.

Quote from: guesswho1234 on March 28, 2018, 09:31:36 PM

man its really sad when you miss your 0.023 long that close Undecided

so where are we heading bois? anyone shorting?

I'm still longing from last week @.0244. Tongue

My close is @.0275

No real coins in the green v/s btc today but monero.

Market is getting thrashed again.