cryptography n00b here, I just fell down the Chaumian / Cashu rabbit hole and I'm loving it. I have a few questions.
From the protocol:
Sender | Mint | Receiver |
---|---|---|
Alice | Bob | Carol |
Let's say Alice wants to mint 10,000 sats through Bob.
Bob is a micromanager, so he decides to save her IP when she mint the tokens. He doesn't know how Alice will use her tokens, but he does know that Alice has minted a certain amount of tokens (provided Alice doesn't use Tor or a VPN).
Now, on the other hand, when Alice sends tokens to Carol and Carol redeems them, Bob has no clue where these tokens came from (provided the mint has many other users transacting). But when Carol redeems them, does the mint know now that Carol's IP has 10k sats? Also, when Carol decides to exchange these tokens for sats, can Micromanager Bob know through her IP that she is transacting with an outer LN? Or even if there is an inter-mint exchange.
I'm aware of the increased privacy as compared to the common user-friendly LN wallets who pretty much know all of our movements, but I'm curious about how more privacy can be achieved on the minting part. Tor is unfortunately not available in one of the jurisdictions where I live (and also can be DDoS'd often), so I am particularly interested in another workaround.
Would love to ask @calle or @gandlaf21 if you don't mind getting tagged (let me know if you do).
10,000 sats paid