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Podcast: Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Episode: Sarah Meiklejohn: Anonymity, Central Bank Cryptocurrencies and the Academic View on Bitcoin
Description: With academic research on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies still in its infancy, Sarah Meiklejohn’s track record of publications in the area stands out. The UCL computer science professor has explored topics ranging from anonymity in Bitcoin to how a central bank could go about issuing a cryptocurrency.
Topics covered in this episode:
What techniques can be used to deanonymize Bitcoin users
How Bitcoin’s usage evolved over time
Whether privacy-enhancing overlays in Bitcoin currently work
What a cryptocurrency issued by a central bank could look like
The architecture of RSCoin
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