Bitcoin SPV Bloom Filters and the Privacy Leak
SPV bloom filters were designed to obscure your addresses from nodes, the intersection attack math shows why they don't, and what actually works instead.
№ 014SecurityConfidential Asset Protocols: Hiding Amounts on Chain
Pedersen commitments and range proofs shield transaction amounts on-chain while preserving cryptographically sound audit trails for regulators and investors.
№ 015SecurityPedersen Commitments and Confidential Transactions Explained
Pedersen commitments hide transaction amounts while letting anyone verify no coins were created from nothing. The exact mechanism, step by step.
№ 016BitcoinBitcoin Network Topology: Speed vs Privacy Explained
How Bitcoin's peer-to-peer topology shapes how fast your transaction spreads and how private it stays. The tradeoff most guides skip entirely.
№ 017SecurityZero-Knowledge Proofs: Proving Compliance, Not Data
Zero-knowledge proofs let crypto firms prove regulatory compliance to auditors without revealing any underlying user data. Here's the exact mechanism.
№ 018BitcoinHow Taproot Changed Bitcoin Multisig's On-Chain Footprint
Taproot made complex Bitcoin multisig wallets look identical to single-sig on-chain. Here's the exact mechanism, the tradeoffs, and what it means for privacy.
№ 019SecurityHow zk-SNARKs Stay Small Without Breaking Soundness
zk-SNARKs produce tiny proofs that verify in milliseconds. Here's the exact mechanism that makes them compact without letting cheaters through.