BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

156 - Dandelion - Privacy Enhancing Routing

BIP: 156 source Layer: Peer Services Title: Dandelion - Privacy Enhancing Routing Author: Brad Denby Andrew Miller Giulia Fanti Surya Bakshi Shaileshh Bojja Venkatakrishnan Pramod Viswanath Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0156 Status: Rejected Type: Standards Track Created: 2017-06-09 License: CC0-1.0 Table of ContentsAbstractMotivationHow Dandelion WorksSpecificationDandelion transaction supportDandelion routing data and logicPeriodic Dandelion route shufflingMemory pool logicThe fluff mechanismTransaction embargoesDandelion transaction logicImplementationCompatibilityAcknowledgementsReferencesCopyright Abstract Bitcoin's transaction spreading protocol is vulnerable to deanonymization attacks. Dandelion is a transaction routing mechanism that provides formal anonymity guarantees against these attacks. When a node generates a transaction without Dandelion, it transmits that transact...