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From: SatoshiSingh <SatoshiSingh@protonmail.com>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Sorting outputs of a transaction in alphabetic order to protect privacy
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:47:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EZm2mwXwpCKxZjSuXtNx-5icIQn6uCgvn0ch1IGUjXdSbXMNBjpcWXYseiCZSrH4auyf9CXz6KtTExFJNjMDeRhTdFvvrYKlEtVUpLDfCSI=@protonmail.com> (raw)

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Hi list. I've been a lurker for quite sometime and this is my first post.

The problem I'm addressing is that generally wallet devs construct the tx with the 2nd output being of the sender as change. This helps chain analysers to identity addresses and invade the users privacy.

I'm suggesting to sort the outputs in alphabetic order (or by pure random order) before broadcasting. This way the chain analyser cannot be sure which output is the change output and will improve privacy a little.

Thanks

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             reply	other threads:[~2020-04-29  6:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-29  6:47 SatoshiSingh [this message]
2020-04-30 12:14 ` [bitcoin-dev] Sorting outputs of a transaction in alphabetic order to protect privacy Pavol Rusnak

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