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encrypt memo with recipient's public key
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recipient proactively scans for encrypted message
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from those they follow
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no way to tell who is talking to who :)
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Private chat no need to record on chain
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Yes... to avoid metadata analysis. That's the point!
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NSA can see me post encrypted memo but...
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they don't know who I sent it to because...
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recipient will proactively scan for any messages...
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that they can decrypt.
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recipient's logic: if can decrypt, it must be for me
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Peer to peer straight forward.Complicated beyond that
2292d
trying to revive this topic...
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abstract is essentially this: the recipient proactively scans the blockchain for encrypted messages thereby defeating metadata analysis – ie can't see who's talking to who.
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Why not just open a standard p2p encrypted communication channel between two people who follow each other? You just have a separate p2p app with a pub username linked to memo account