Questions tagged [mimblewimble]

proposal to combine CoinJoin, Confidential Transactions and pruning to enhance Bitcoin privacy while allowing scaling

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Does Mimblewimble have any relevance to new pruning ideas for Monero?

This Mimblewimble paper was introduced last month by Tom Elvis Jedusor. It appears that the system will not work with Bitcoin (on chain) The first thing we need to do is remove Bitcoin Script. This is sad, but it is too powerful so it is…
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How could Monero profit from TumbleMoneroWimble?

Core developer fluffypony on Twitter recently published a link to his whitepaper on TumbleMoneroWimble, "One-time Ring Signature Scalable Off-Chain Untraceable Instant and MimbleWimble". Since the use cases listed on page 52 are very interesting,…
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Could MimbleWimble increase privacy in the Monero network?

MimbleWimble needs a very minimal scripting language which Monero has, but doesn't use, and also takes advantage of Monero's RingCT. Is there anyway mimblewimble could run on top of Monero or in a sidechain maybe? Also would it help with scaling in…
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Is there any discussion about creating one-time use Monero addresses?

Someone's Monero address can still be linked if one was to use it for a withdrawal from an exchange and then reuse it again. I like how the mimblewimble address works, where addresses are generated on the spot. Is there something in the works for…
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How does the Beam mimblewimble project compare to monero?

Mimblewimble is a hyped up privacy whitepaper and being implemented in the projects BEAM and GRIN. How is it different from monero?
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