-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 02/04/2015 02:23 PM, Isidor Zeuner wrote: > Hi there, > > traditionally, the Bitcoin client strives to hide which output > addresses are change addresses going back to the payer. However, > especially with today's dynamically calculated miner fees, this may > often be ineffective: > > A user sending a payment using the Bitcoin client will usually > enter the payment amount only up to the number of digits which are > considered to be significant enough. So, the least significant > digits will often be zero for the payment. With dynamically > calculated miner fees, this will often not be the case for the > change amount, making it easy for an observer to classify the > output addresses. > > A possible approach to handle this issue would be to add a > randomized offset amount to the payment amount. This offset amount > can be small in comparison to the payment amount.
Another possible approach is to randomize the number of change outputs from transaction to transaction. Doing this, it would be possible to make change outputs that mimic real spends (low number of s.d.) - -- Support online privacy by using email encryption whenever possible. Learn how here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakOKJFtB-k -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJU1DH9AAoJECpf2nDq2eYjt2gP/3gpojJey2URkWWk0sg9dpHU OsD37TCbrwUaS/K8UMKsuc45FSJU/EeYpaVz9r1Ifm/IeaFYPIX0tEm17n3hkcAG QPmt/xAZn9GVyPWYKjmVDmx574pqiJLeZh8bP788sZsGc4Gk7NNJniVGLtsmvFCb ZOtwS8v7UuJZx6awydrpNhw/+SsQn9Xdb8fcLqmFKWDpG2Mlrv+ds34NMlGbfO2r PqCMw1Y12J0HXLisOCGQNZNdG9mVjKw3MP0GGjUlOM+ibrrorqoO5Ifo2RGuElgw LZkzzDzg6kO8iuNOV7Jg1lz5WftRjgLRSCcMq4V+793zGJW9BeISeDcKQ2ZlWMXB Hu83m4vCYOJeECdKGWlhyTmKNNHshsiPz3SBDLxP8uR80UkS3waDIXwLxGX9Pa63 uleaZ2qHQ/0UdC9opN3Snn33M701dHNJH9iXfhf/MVnUZ0FjzsLXaJ0F0208ZxCX qGCAv5y1ijrDlCLTvakZJRIruXgxNPqtErzP9GtgXeGeDc8tRv00WiM9Olpu0EXd yjhAZGydcE3Ec2cNo+teWjeDt4Ga4OYDb7i08eegaDuj5MCDcDtlgfwNjdKbre1x S7pKKDn8V03/WST1x9fWjM04NxeSjJ0yRjOAxkLV/mlDX6lQEYJL/W+MJLvpOnTC LtZrkSmSTJ7ZR0tMgpAe =8EVe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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