SoK: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in Finance

ePrint Report: SoK: Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in Finance

Carsten Baum, James Hsin-yu Chiang, Bernardo David, Tore Kasper Frederiksen

Financial applications have historically required strong security guarantees. These can be achieved in a digital world via cryptographic tools but have traditionally been employed to provide authenticity and privacy for data exchanged between clients and financial institutions over insecure networks (e.g. the Internet). However, the recent advent of cryptocurrencies and smart contract platforms, based on blockchains, allowed financial transactions to be carried out …

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