De-Anonymization in Bitcoin with Sarah Meiklejohn | a16z crypto research talks

There are many heuristics that are used in practice to de-anonymize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but it is often hard to assess their effectiveness given a lack of ground-truth data. In this talk, Sarah Meiklejohn (UCL) provides an overview of these heuristics, as well as new research to both improve them and increase our confidence in their results.

About the speaker
Sarah is a Professor in Cryptography and Security at University College London (UCL) and a Staff Research Scientist at Google. She is also an Associate Director of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3). She earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego and an Sc.M. in Computer Science from Brown University. More: https://smeiklej.com/

About a16z crypto research
a16z crypto research is a multidisciplinary lab that works closely with our portfolio companies and others toward solving the important problems in the space, and toward advancing the science and technology of the next generation of the internet.

Our researchers are technologists, scientists, cryptographers, and cryptocurrency experts, working to bridge the worlds of academic theory with industry practice, and to help shape crypto and web3 as a formal area of study. More about us: a16z.com/2022/04/21/announcing-a16z-crypto-research

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