A reproducible MyZubster sandbox for studying transaction visibility, fungibility, wallet UX, metadata exposure and operational trade-offs.
Transparent public-ledger case study. Students can inspect which transaction data is visible and how wallet behavior affects privacy.
Privacy-oriented case study. Students examine protocol-level privacy alongside metadata that can still exist outside the blockchain.
| Area | Bitcoin | Monero | Research task |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledger visibility | Transaction graph and amounts are generally public. | Protocol is designed to conceal sender/recipient relationships and transaction amounts. | Compare what an external observer can infer. |
| Fungibility | Transaction history can be analyzed. | Designed to make units harder to distinguish by history. | Study marketplace consequences and user expectations. |
| Metadata | Browser, wallet, exchange, server and account metadata can exist independently of blockchain privacy. | Build an end-to-end threat model. | |
| UX | Wallet setup, address handling, fees, confirmations and recovery concepts affect completion rates. | Measure time, confusion points and abandonment. | |
Fork the university research repository, define a hypothesis, run the same scripted flow with participants, and publish methodology plus limitations.