Module 4 — Privacy on Bitcoin
Privacy on Bitcoin
Understand and master the principles of privacy protection when using Bitcoin
Learning objectives
- Define the theoretical concepts needed to understand privacy issues
- Identify and mitigate the risks associated with loss of confidentiality for Bitcoin users
- Using methods and tools to protect your privacy on Bitcoin
- Understand chain analysis methods and develop defense strategies
In a world where the confidentiality of financial transactions is gradually becoming a luxury, understanding and mastering the principles of privacy protection when using Bitcoin is essential. This course gives you all the keys, both theoretical and practical, to achieve this autonomously.
Today, many companies specialize in blockchain analysis for Bitcoin. Their core business consists precisely in intruding into your private sphere, in order to compromise the confidentiality of your transactions. In reality, there is no such thing as a "right to privacy" in Bitcoin. It's up to you, the user, to assert your natural rights and protect the confidentiality of your transactions, because nobody else will do it for you.
The course is designed to be comprehensive and general. Each technical concept is covered in detail and supported by explanatory diagrams. The aim is to make the knowledge accessible to all. BTC204 is therefore accessible for beginners and intermediate users. The course also offers added value for more experienced bitcoiners, as we delve deeper into certain technical concepts that are often misunderstood.
Join us to transform your use of Bitcoin and become an informed user, capable of understanding the issues around confidentiality and protecting your privacy.
Chapters
- 1. Introduction · Course overview
- 2. Definitions and key concepts · Bitcoin's UTXO model
- 3. Definitions and key concepts · The structure of Bitcoin transactions
- 4. Definitions and key concepts · Bitcoin's privacy model
- 5. Understanding and protecting against chain analysis · What is Bitcoin chain analysis?
- 6. Understanding and protecting against chain analysis · Transaction patterns
- 7. Understanding and protecting against chain analysis · Internal heuristics
- 8. Understanding and protecting against chain analysis · External heuristics
- 9. Understanding and protecting against chain analysis · Putting it into practice with a block explorer
- 10. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · Address reuse
- 11. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · Labeling and checking UTXOs
- 12. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · KYC and key identification
- 13. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · Sales and acquisition methods
- 14. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · Consolidation, UTXO management, and CIOH
- 15. Mastering best practices to protect your privacy · Other best practices
- 16. Understanding coinjoin transactions · What's a coinjoin transaction?
- 17. Understanding coinjoin transactions · Zerolink and Chaumian coinjoins
- 18. Understanding coinjoin transactions · Coinjoin implementations
- 19. Understanding coinjoin transactions · How Whirlpool works
- 20. Understanding coinjoin transactions · Anonymity sets
- 21. Understanding coinjoin transactions · Entropy
- 22. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · Payjoin transactions
- 23. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · Payment mini-coinjoin
- 24. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · The ricochets
- 25. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · Secret transfers of ownership
- 26. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · Privacy on the P2P network
- 27. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · BIP47 and reusable payment codes
- 28. Understanding the challenges of other advanced confidentiality techniques · Silent Payments
- 29. Final Section · Reviews & Ratings
- 30. Final Section · Final examination
- 31. Final Section · Conclusion
