Wasabi Research Club #11 - Boltzmann (Bitcoin)
Wasabi Wallet
Boltzmann applies Shannon entropy (log2 of valid transaction partitions) to measure Bitcoin privacy. Laurent's analysis of ~97M transactions found 85.47% deterministic (zero entropy), 14.52% ambiguous (≥1), 1.89% coin-join level (>1.585). The metric captures intrinsic vs actual entropy but remains computationally infeasible for large coin joins and excludes pay-to-endpoint transactions. Critics no
https://relay.towardsliberty.com/b98f5d2dbaba61f45a4ad47214fb404450b34c062174796f5328347103195fb8.mp4
Wasabi Wallet
Boltzmann applies Shannon entropy (log2 of valid transaction partitions) to measure Bitcoin privacy. Laurent's analysis of ~97M transactions found 85.47% deterministic (zero entropy), 14.52% ambiguous (≥1), 1.89% coin-join level (>1.585). The metric captures intrinsic vs actual entropy but remains computationally infeasible for large coin joins and excludes pay-to-endpoint transactions. Critics no
https://relay.towardsliberty.com/b98f5d2dbaba61f45a4ad47214fb404450b34c062174796f5328347103195fb8.mp4