Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses 4-20-2015 Anonymity Analysis of Cryptocurrencies Liam Morris Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses Recommended Citation Morris, Liam, "Anonymity Analysis of Cryptocurrencies" (2015). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by RIT Scholar Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of RIT Scholar Works. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Thesis Submitted for Master of Science in Computer Science Department of Computer Science Rochester Institute of Techology Anonymity Analysis of Cryptocurrencies Liam Morris
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[email protected] Rochester, NY 14623 USA April 20, 2015 A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Computer Science Department of Computer Science B. Thomas Golisano of Computing and Information Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 USA Abstract Cash in the real world allows for parties to exchange currency without the need to go through some sort of central authority. One person, Alice, can simply hand cash over to another person, Bob. In this transaction the only two people that have knowledge of this exchange are Alice and Bob. Until recently there was no electronic equivalent to this exchange. In 1982 David Chaum proposed a system of anonymous electronic cash based on blind signatures, and in 1990 founded DigiCash as an electronic cash company.