5 Bitcoin Projects That Could Make Payments Far More Anonymous

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/bitcoin-anonymous-projects/

Which one of the 5 is the most promising for the Darknetmarkets?


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[4 Points] DarknetWiki:

All are helpful but Zerocoin is the game-changer. I was disappointed that the Bitcoin core devs weren't willing to work with the Johns Hopkins team to integrate it into Bitcoin.

"Zerocoin uses what cryptographers call “zero knowledge proofs,” a seemingly magical but decades-old trick that can prove a mathematical statement is true without revealing the contents of what’s being computed."

Like a boss


[3 Points] galaxyandspace:

Dark wallet and DarkCoin are talked about a bit here. They are both promising, and have captured the attention of quite a few people.

I personally say DarkWallet will be most useful. The DNMs are not ready to switch to new, untested coins. We need a few truly longterm stable markets first. Bitcoin is still king, and will continue to be so. Anyways, once DarkWallets code gets cleared as clean by enough people, I personally plan to create a guide on how to use it.

DarkCoin is still in development. However, I don't think it is realistic to have a coin only used by the DNMs. It makes cashing out more difficult, as nobody want to be associated with a coin that is made for illegal activities... Buying Bitcoin is already hard enough for most people. It will have it's place in the future, but it won't be super widespread.

These are just my opinions of course.

Edit: formating.


[1 Points] therealbirdman:

DRK already got accepted by one network, it'd be amazing to see more accept it.


[1 Points] llll999999:

Darkcoin is the future unless darkwallet can decentralize and multisig its mixing servers like darkcoin has.

Zerocoin is a massive gamble that its new and untested crypto wont be broken in the future (and therefore deanonymize the entire blockchain).

For most people, small time buyers, they will continue to use risky (btcfog) and dangerous (blockchain) mixers, vendors and large buyers still need a solid solution instead of two potentially deanonymizabe ones.