State of the art Privacy Coins

📌 Key facts

• Mission: Conduct systematic research on Privacy coins • When: Start anytime. Applications are open! • How to apply: Send us an e-mail (at the end of this page) with your CV and a grade report and a tentative research idea (research question, data, and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx)

Contents

• 💡 Background
• 🦾Who We Are
• 🎯 Goals
• 🧠 Topics of Interest
• 🎓 Profile
• 📚 Further Reading
• 📄 Requirements to any Work
• 📬 How to Apply

💡 Background

Privacy Coins are equal and fungible by default. Despite using a public blockchain network such as the bitcoin blockchain, they obscure the participants' identity and transaction amounts. Fund transfers therefore become untraceable - ensuring that no coin could become "tainted" due to its history.

🦾Who We Are

The Chair for Strategy and Organization is focused on research with impact. This means we do not want to repeat old ideas and base our research solely on the research people did 10 years ago. Instead, we currently research topics that will shape the future. Topics such as Agile Organizations and Digital Disruption, Blockchain Technology, Creativity and Innovation, Digital Transformation and Business Model Innovation, Diversity, Education: Education Technology and Performance Management, HRTech, Leadership, and Teams. We are always early in noticing trends, technologies, strategies, and organizations that shape the future, which has its ups and downs.

🎯 Goals

• Create an overview showing the current Privacy Coins and Tokens landscape
• Conduct systematic research on Privacy Coins:
• What are the benefits and disadvantages of Privacy Coins?
• What business models can be implemented using Privacy Coins?

🧠 Topics of Interest

• Cryptocurrencies
• Payments
• Privacy Coins
• Blockchain Technology
• Decentralized Finance

🎓 Profile

• Reliable and self-driven
• Enthusiasm for career management / your own brand & future / entrepreneurship / venture capital
• Ability to do sophisticated internet, desk research, and connect with practitioners
• Passion to learn more about the future and do research with impact

📚 Further Reading

What Are Privacy Coins? | CoinMarketCap

‍ Bitcoin was introduced as an alternative monetary system to government-controlled national currencies. Unfortunately, due to its pseudonymous nature, some crypto advocates believe it lacks the necessary privacy features to protect its users sufficiently, especially in authoritarian states that either prohibit or suppress the use of cryptocurrencies.

coinmarketcap.com

CoinJoin: Bitcoin privacy for the real world

CoinJoin: Bitcoin privacy for the real world

bitcointalk.org

CipherTrace Announces World's First Monero Tracing Capabilities...

vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] CipherTrace Announces World's First Monero Tracing Capabilities for Law Enforcement, Government, and Virtual Asset Service Providers CipherTrace delivers Monero tracing tools to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support investigations of crimes. Menlo Park, CA - August 31 2020 - Leading cryptocurrency intelligence company CipherTrace has developed tools for the U.S.

ciphertrace.com

Shermin Voshmgir on Twitter: "Privacy and sovereignty in the machine age? Read my latest thoughts on identity, data & human rights in a data driven world: https://t.co/vezBN3hIJ7 / Twitter"

Privacy and sovereignty in the machine age? Read my latest thoughts on identity, data & human rights in a data driven world: https://t.co/vezBN3hIJ7

twitter.com

NFT Use Case: Tokenizing Real Estate

The following text has been adapted from a chapter of the book Token Economy Last week I was invited to speak at a conference on tokenizing the real estate industry. The focus was mostly on the tokenization of property rights and the potential of creating unique digital representatives (NFTs) replacing entire real estate back office management with smart contracts.

medium.com

Privacy

While Bitcoin can support strong privacy, many ways of using it are usually not very private. With proper understanding of the technology, bitcoin can indeed be used in a very private and anonymous way. As of 2019 most casual enthusiasts of bitcoin believe it is perfectly traceable; this is completely false.

en.bitcoin.it

What are privacy coins and how do they differ from Bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies are typically pseudonymous, but not necessarily private. Bitcoin ( BTC) and other assets run on blockchains, with each transaction posted publicly online. During a transaction between two or more parties, assets move to different wallets, each represented by a string of characters.

cointelegraph.com

Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2001

The origins of the Asiacrypt series of conferences can be traced back to 1990, when the ?rst Auscrypt conference was held, although the name Asiacrypt was ?rst used for the 1991 conference in Japan. Starting with Asiacrypt 2000, the conference is now one of three annual conferences organized by the Inter- tional Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).

link.springer.com

Privacy Coins Are Unstoppable, Says Copenhagen Business School | Crypto Briefing

Copenhagen Business School has published a study on private cryptocurrencies. Focussing on Monero, the report pointed to the disruptive potential of privacy coins. The research found that regulators are unlikely to succeed in halting privacy coins anytime soon.

cryptobriefing.com

Consensus 2021: Can Privacy Coins and Exchanges Coexist? - CoinDesk

Craig Salm (Grayscale), Marta Belcher (Protocol Labs) and Chen Arad (Solidus) discuss how regulation and privacy can get along. The careful dance between global financial regulators and cryptocurrency exchanges saw a particularly big shift in January when the Bittrex exchange removed privacy coins monero and zcash as well as dash from its offerings.

www.coindesk.com

Privacy Will 'Become a More Popular Investing Theme': Barry Silbert - CoinDesk

In his first public interview in eight months, Barry Silbert, co-founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (CoinDesk's parent company), placed an emphasis on privacy and privacy coins when discussing what protocols and areas he was following closely.

www.coindesk.com

The Future Of Zcash And Financial Privacy

Zcash is a leading cryptocurrency aiming to tip the balance of power back in the hands of users as the world hastens its transition from the analog to the digital realm. Zcash successfully completed its first Halving event this week and continues the development of its privacy technology.

www.forbes.com

Top 10 Privacy Coins Crypto Users Need To Know - Ivan on Tech Academy

Many have speculated that 2020 will be the year that Privacy Coins take the crypto markets by storm. Whether due to stricter KYC requirements, political censorship, or physical safety, the need for a blockchain privacy solution has never been more urgent.

academy.ivanontech.com

Surviving Crypto Winter - Part Three: - Why Privacy Coins Will Rule the Next Bull Run | Hacker Noon

Welcome to part three of the Surviving Crypto Winter series (check out part one and two), where I profile companies and projects that have a shot at surviving the winds of crypto winter and thriving when dreams of spring comes again. This time I profile the an entire category of projects: privacy coins.

hackernoon.com

Even Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Can Spill Your Secrets

In the Harry Potter universe, there's a handy spell for when you need to stop someone from spilling your secret plans or shit-talking during a duel. It's called Mimblewimble, otherwise known as the tongue-tying curse. It's also the name of a privacy technology designed for cryptocurrencies-because, well, somebody's gotta keep crypto weird.

www.wired.com

6 Private Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies have gained popularity due to several factors, including privacy and anonymity. Some of them help users to conceal their identities and their transactions. Amid mounting concerns about the anonymity of early cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, users are searching for new options. Let's take a look at some popular privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies, which have several built-in privacy features.

www.investopedia.com

The 10 Most Successful Cryptocurrency Business Models Of Today

There are tons of million crypto-based small businesses running around the world, and 6,43,000 more are started every month. So if you've got a cryptocurrency or blockchain business idea and you want to stand out from the crowd and succeed, you better have a unique value proposition, diverse revenue streams, and loads of creativity.

community.nasscom.in

What Are Privacy Coins?

Privacy coins are unique cryptocurrencies that allow a user to gain total anonymity when making blockchain transactions. The identity of users and the origins of their transactions are completely protected. These coins empower senders and receivers to remain anonymous with different levels of privacy, like hidden wallet addresses and transaction balances.

medium.com

Top 7 Privacy Coins in 2021

There are many reasons why privacy coins should be employed in both special and everyday use cases. Per the cypherpunk movement, transactions should always remain private and utilize strong cryptography measures to stay hidden both offline and online. The obvious problem with blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum is that every single transaction can be traced back.

blog.shrimpy.io

Top 5 Privacy Coins To Watch Out For in 2021 | Hacker Noon

As 2021 arrived and the bull market began, the privacy coins are back for a new attempt to bounce off the lows marked during the bear market. Privacy coins, like Monero (XMR), started to recover in the 2021 bull market.

hackernoon.com

What Are Privacy Coins? Monero, Zcash, and Dash Explained - Decrypt

In brief Some cryptocurrencies, called privacy coins, shield potentially identifying information using an array of cryptographic techniques. Privacy coins can be popular for ransomware and other illicit uses, and have come under increased scrutiny from regulators and government agencies. The pseudonymous nature of Bitcoin addresses enables transactions without identifying personal information, but that doesn't make it a completely anonymous cryptocurrency .

decrypt.co

What Are Privacy Coins and How Do They Differ From Regular Cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain are pseudo-anonymous in nature. The "public ledger" structure of some blockchain technologies means that transactions are not 100% private. To address this, some developers have created privacy coins. But what exactly is a privacy coin, how does it differ from a regular cryptocurrency, and why do people use it?

www.makeuseof.com

📄 Requirements to any Work

We do not want your research to gather dust in some corner of bookshelf but make it accessible to the world. Thus, we warmly encourage you to create some or all of the following:

• Infograph - visually represent some of your work (find examples here)
• Slide Deck - summarize your research and possibly present it
• Extract most important sequences from podcasts, videos, and other media
• 3-4 Tweets about the most important findings and summarizing the topic
• optional: Medium Article - let people outside the university know about your research and start your personal brand

📬 How to Apply

If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe (e-mail below) by submitting your CV and grade report. Please also briefly outline your tentative research idea (research question, data and methods, possible outcomes with a tentative outline all in word as *.docx)

We're greatly looking forward to hearing more about you!

👉 welpe@tum.de