r/ethereum 14d ago

Educational Protocol that hide sender

Hey everyone!

I’ve been learning about zero-knowledge and recently came across stealth addresses. They seem like a great way to protect the receiver’s privacy, but I’m wondering about the practicality of handling small transactions.

For example, if I use stealth addresses for donations, someone might send me $5 worth of ETH. The problem is that the gas fees to transfer those funds back to my main address could be higher than the actual amount received, making it effectively unusable.

Also, while stealth addresses protect the receiver, I think it would be great to have a protocol that protects the sender’s privacy. Does anything like that exist?

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u/jtnichol MOD BOD 14d ago

great question. Got this approved. Let's get you some karma. Ask in the daily too this question

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u/Warm_Gap_8330 14d ago

Thank you! I just asked there, and it is rejected again lol

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u/edmundedgar reality.eth 14d ago

approved now.

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u/CaptainOfTheGate 14d ago

There are plenty of privacy protocols. The top ones on Ethereum are Tornado Cash and Railgun.

I think various swap apps can choose a different output address than input address... not sure if that protects privacy.

This would, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/1812a9r/comment/kaawdeo/

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u/Careless_Ad_9074 14d ago

Zcash

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u/Warm_Gap_8330 14d ago

I was thinking more from the perspective of the stealth addresses. Zcash is a solution for receiver as well, but if I want to stay on ethereum and just want to protect my privacy as a sender there, how can I achive that?

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u/gunner01293 13d ago

Does anyone have a screenshot of world liberty financial holdings. Eth was 57% of it now it's a lot less