Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity

• FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ethereum supports anonymized tokens and rollups too, if you choose to use them.

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  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s the difference though. On Ethereum you have to choose to use them. On Monero it’s private by default. And that’s the way it ought to be.

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    • FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you're using the anonymized tokens then your transactions are private by default.

      Anonymization requires a bunch of computational overhead which means that anonymized transactions cost more to execute, all else being equal. So a blockchain where you can choose whether you're using anonymization or not depending on your particular needs is better than one where it's forced on every transaction.

      Bear in mind, Ethereum is a platform. It has many different tokens with different properties running on that platform, some of which are as anonymous as Monero. Use the ones with the properties you need.

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      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh, I see what you mean now. I have heard of privacy projects that are anonymous sometimes and not anonymous at other times like Zcash and was under the impression that is kind of what you meant.

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