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I fully admit in advance I know very little about crypto, so please someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Isn’t part of crypto a detailed log of transactions?
Monero obfuscates transactions. Parties and amount are private.
It depends on the project. Many cryptocurrencies (Like Bitcoin, Etherium, Litecoin) have a public ledger. So every transaction (participants + amount) is visible.
Other Projects (where Monero is the most well known) use special cryptographic systems to hide all that. So the only thing which can be observed by 3th parties is that some transaction was successful somewhere. There are also projects which are private but prioritize efficiency (all the cryptographic hiding has a notable computation-cost) by sacrificing hidden amount or hidden participants.
Crypts currencies like Monero even hide that
Yes.
But also, how can you make digital payment work without one? Not a rhetorical question by the way, legitimately don't know. llmost seems impossible.
My thought process:
(This is also why you don't need accounts, your PC generates a random Private key, generates the corresponding Public key and that's your wallet. Everyone accepts that it is your wallet because you have its private key)
This is just the very basic system that is traceable and there are newer schemes that are better.
Edit:
RingCT
Stealth Addresses
ring signatures
Transactions over Tor/I2P
Dandelion++
Actually, you can think of all crypto as a log of transactions plus the infrastructure to create, manage, and provide information about those transactions. It is public, but the "accounts" are basically just blobs of numbers, so they can be hard to trace, depending on the platform.
My understanding is that even if that is the case purchases are still not easily trackable/traceable if that is your concern. I myself don't know specifically why though.
Encrypting That is the difference between Zcash and original Bitcoin.
Arguably it's all crypto is physically speaking. A log that details this money it's referencing.
It is, but there is little or no detail of who exactly it was that made the transaction. Some cryptocurrencies are better than others about keeping that information hidden.