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Update HushList protocol whitepaper some more

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Duke Leto 6 years ago
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@ -993,17 +993,34 @@ a non-zero amount of 0.055555 HUSH. It is viewable on the Hush block explorer he
https://explorer.myhush.org/tx/30a38c7ba0929efb7cd54d3b724d9eb1d9cb03f35381a94d889bc4cffb0593bf
One may note that the zaddr zcZpJreyJqmNJ3fUJekvbnyuxuJe9eAURAHrMCvN2Nr7VuWjakb1LEw6j2etPcCnr45BRot7MaMbipuS5da162BfuUkFGLj does not appear anywhere in the explorer, because
One may note that the zaddr
zcZpJreyJqmNJ3fUJekvbnyuxuJe9eAURAHrMCvN2Nr7VuWjakb1LEw6j2etPcCnr45BRot7MaMbipuS5da162BfuUkFGLj
does not appear anywhere in the explorer, because
shielded addresses never show up directly in the public blockchain. Network transaction
analysis is not possible on zaddrs. The explorer only
shows that a JoinSplit occured and that change was given to a taddr.
The transaction
does leak the metadata of the amount, since it was a de-shielding transaction, from $ t \rightarrow z $. All \HushList memos have amount=0.0 by default so this is not normally a concern.
Nevertheless, the follow text is forever embedded in the 512 byte memo field of the above
transaction
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
-- "Manual of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
-- Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.
-- Arrakeen villager saying
Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.
-- Fremen proverb
Note that the transaction
does leak the metadata of the amount, since it was a de-shielding transaction, from $ t \rightarrow z $. All \HushList memos have amount=0.0 by default so this is not normally a concern.
\nsection{Metadata Analysis}
The biggest concern for metadata leakage in \HushList is in de-shielding $t \rightarrow z$ transactions which leak amount metadata.

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