REVIEW 3 major objections 6 minor 110 references
Central Bank Digital Currencies: Where is the Privacy, Technology, and Anonymity?
T0 review · 3 major / 6 minor · reviewed 2026-08-02 · deepseek-v4-flash
Pith's one-line read CBDC privacy can be designed in, but launched versions strip it out
desk verdict Worth reading as a survey and a plausible research-to-launch privacy gap, but the abstract promises a failure analysis the body never delivers and Table 1 leans on unverifiable classifications. read the letter →
The pith
A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.
The reading
What carries the argument
The paper builds two artefacts: a multi-stakeholder privacy definition (legal/regulatory, technological, transactional) and a five-layer cryptographic stack. Layer A protects personal data with standard encryption; Layer B protects transaction data with digital signatures; Layer C supports user anonymity via ring, blind, or Schnorr signatures, zero-knowledge proofs, homomorphic encryption, and multi-party computation; Layer D gives users control over transaction data; Layer E ensures regulatory compliance via BBS+ signatures, Pedersen commitments, and privacy pools. The stack maps every PET to a privacy layer and serves as the yardstick for evaluating the 20 case studies, yielding the Table
What would settle it
A reader could falsify the central claim by obtaining the technical specifications of any launched CBDC and showing that its production system uses a verifiable anonymity-enhancing technology—such as zero-knowledge proofs, blind signatures, ring signatures, or per-transaction UTXO addresses. For example, if China's eCNY 'managed anonymity' turned out to be implemented with blind signatures or zero-knowledge proofs rather than an internal firewall, the paper's Table 1 classification and its conclusion would be wrong.
Extended reading notes
Core claim
The paper's central discovery is a consistent pattern: every launched CBDC examined sits at Layer B of the authors' five-layer cryptographic privacy stack—basic encryption and digital signatures—while proof-of-concept and research projects reach Layers C through E by using zero-knowledge proofs, blind signatures, UTXO models, secure multi-party computation, or homomorphic encryption. The authors conclude that comprehensive privacy is technically achievable at the proposal stage but is systematically pared back or eliminated by the time a CBDC launches, and they name four root causes: regulatory visibility requirements, computational overhead, liability allocation, and institutional incentive
Load-bearing premise
The conclusion rests on Table 1's classification of each CBDC's privacy features from public documents, and the paper itself admits that key details—including the 'managed anonymity' and 'customisable anonymity' claims—remain undisclosed; if any of those assumed entries actually contains verifiable privacy-enhancing technology, the central claim collapses.
Editorial extensions
If this is right
- If the pattern holds, citizens in countries with launched CBDCs get digital payments with no verifiable anonymity, despite public surveys ranking privacy as a top concern.
- The gap between proof-of-concept and production suggests central banks are not stopped by technical feasibility; the same PETs that work in pilots could be deployed if trade-offs were accepted.
- Two-tier models that separate identity data from payment data shift data custody to commercial banks without giving users transactional privacy.
- The paper's definition and stack give regulators and designers a common language to specify privacy requirements before procurement, not after launch.
- Existing proof-of-concept experiments show that cash-like anonymity can be implemented; the question is whether any central bank chooses to keep it in a live system.
Reading between the lines
- If the four root causes are right, the most direct policy lever is not better cryptography but a mandate that forces privacy criteria into the design stage—for example, requiring launched CBDCs to reach at least Layer C.
- The systems whose anonymity features the paper marks as 'assumed' are a testable pressure point: if either of those systems ever publishes technical details showing real privacy-enhancing technology, the paper's generalisation would need revision.
- Editorial note: the abstract frames the four root causes as a 'failure analysis of abandoned privacy pilots,' but the body does not contain a dedicated failure-analysis section; a reader should treat the root-cause list as a synthesis of the case studies rather than a formally derived result.
- A natural next study would track the next cohort of CBDCs from proposal to launch, measuring which of the four root causes predicts privacy loss, and whether any jurisdiction that completes a privacy-focused pilot actually retains those technologies.
Signed reviews
Editorial analysis
A structured set of objections, weighed in public.
Referee Report
Summary. The manuscript uses a Design Science Research Methodology to combine a 67-paper literature review with grey-literature case studies on CBDC privacy. It proposes a three-perspective definition of privacy (legal, technological, transactional) and maps this definition onto a five-layer cryptographic stack that connects privacy requirements to specific PETs. The paper then classifies 20 launched, pilot, proof-of-concept, and research-stage CBDCs against this stack in Table 1, and argues that comprehensive privacy is achievable in research designs but does not survive to launched systems. The abstract additionally promises a 'failure analysis of abandoned privacy pilots' that identifies four root causes of this research-to-launch gap.
Significance. If the empirical claim is accepted, the paper offers a policy-relevant and falsifiable benchmark: it specifies a concrete set of cryptographic capabilities and shows that currently deployed CBDCs generally do not exhibit them. The systematic literature counts, the layered stack in Fig. 7, and the source-documented case-study table are useful contributions for CBDC designers, regulators, and researchers. The paper is weaker as a causal study because the promised failure analysis is absent from the body and because the empirical comparison is based on an asymmetric and cross-sectional evidence base. With revision, the paper could serve as a reference synthesis; as submitted, its central claims outrun the evidence presented.
major comments (3)
- [Abstract and §7] The abstract promises a 'failure analysis of abandoned privacy pilots' identifying four root causes: regulatory visibility requirements, computational overhead, liability allocation, and institutional incentives. The body does not contain this analysis, and these four root causes are never defined or evidenced. Section 6 presents case studies, and Section 7 discusses why Japan, Denmark, Kenya, and Canada shelved their CBDC plans, but that discussion concerns adoption, cash preferences, and market dynamics, not abandoned privacy pilots. This is a missing contribution, not a wording issue. The authors should either add a dedicated subsection that defines the relevant pilots, provides evidence for each root cause, and links them to the case-study data, or remove this claim from the abstract and reframe the paper's contribution accordingly.
- [Table 1 and §6] The empirical conclusion is built on an asymmetric treatment of public information. Rows for Iran, India, and Thailand list 'Not specified' but are assigned Layer B; eCNY and Digital Tenge are rated C* because their anonymity mechanisms are undisclosed, and the text admits these details 'remain undisclosed, making it difficult to verify.' Treating non-disclosure as absence of PETs is not evidence of absence, especially because research projects are incentivized to publish detailed designs while deployed systems are not. Concretely, if eCNY's managed anonymity or Digital Tenge's customisable anonymity is later found to rest on real PETs, two of the seven launched cases would move from B/C* to at least Layer C, materially weakening the headline claim. The paper should either restrict layer assignments to features with positive documentary evidence or explicitly state that the conclusion is
- [Table 1 and §7] The claim that privacy can be designed in the proposal stage but does not reach the launched version is longitudinal, but the evidence is cross-sectional. The paper compares current research-stage projects (Japan, UK, Switzerland) with launched projects that were designed and launched earlier under different constraints. This design cannot establish what will happen to today's proposals when they are launched. The only within-project trajectory reported is Brazil's Drex, where ZKP was tested and then abandoned in the pilot for AML-compliance reasons (§6). Without a systematic same-project before/after comparison, the causal reading of the conclusion is not supported. At minimum, this limitation should be acknowledged in the Discussion; better, the paper should present the available longitudinal evidence (e.g., Drex, and any other project whose privacy features changed between design and
minor comments (6)
- [Title page] Affiliation contains a typo: 'Univeristy' should be 'University'.
- [§2.2] The phrase 'the design of CDBCs' appears to be a typo for 'CBDCs'.
- [Fig. 6] The figure shows counts of cryptographic techniques but lacks axis labels; adding 'Number of mentions' on the y-axis and a clearer x-axis label would improve readability.
- [Reference [78]] The reference for Ben-Sasson et al. on succinct non-interactive zero knowledge appears to cite the LISA 2003 proceedings; the underlying paper is 'Succinct Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge for a von Neumann Architecture', USENIX Security 2014. The citation should be corrected.
- [§4.2.5] The sentence on Groth signatures and VRFs says 'although this is in the context of permissioned blockchains and not CBDCs [69].' The citation [69] is Androulaki et al., which is a permissioned-token paper; the reference placement makes it unclear whether [69] supports the whole sentence or only the latter clause. Please clarify.
- [Table 1 caption] The caption contains a typo: 'Hyperledger imlplementations' should be 'Hyperledger implementations'.
Circularity Check
No significant circularity: the CBDC privacy comparison is an empirical evaluation against an author-defined rubric, not a prediction derived from that rubric.
full rationale
The paper's central claim—that comprehensive privacy is achievable in proposals but not in launched CBDCs—is an evaluation against the authors' own layered privacy stack, but it is not derived from that stack. The definition (Section 3.4) and the stack (fig. 7) are stipulated normative tools built from a literature review and stakeholder perspectives; the case-study assignments in Table 1 are made from external public documents (IMF reports, central bank publications, BIS reports). No parameter is fitted to the outcome and then relabeled as a prediction. The only circularity-adjacent issue is that the authors' definition requires 'anonymity to a desired extent' and Layer C is 'Right of users to maintain anonymity,' so systems are graded against that bar; that is a framing choice, not a construction-level circularity. The paper honestly concedes the evidentiary limits: China's managed anonymity 'remain[s] undisclosed, making it difficult to verify' (Section 6) and Kazakhstan's customisable anonymity has 'no details about how it is achieved.' Treating undisclosed features as unverified is conservative, not circular. There are no self-citations or imported uniqueness theorems. Separately, the abstract promises 'A failure analysis of abandoned privacy pilots' with four root causes, but the body contains no such analysis; this is a missing promised deliverable and weakens support for the 'four root causes' claim, but it is not a circularity. Overall, the empirical comparison has independent content from the definition, so the circularity score is 0.
Assumptions & free parameters
assumptions (4)
- domain assumption CBDC privacy features can be accurately assessed from publicly available documents and grey literature, even where technical details are undisclosed.
- domain assumption The 20 selected case studies are representative, including the non-random inclusion of 'high-profile' PoC/research projects.
- ad hoc to paper The author-defined privacy definition and layered cryptographic stack are a valid normative benchmark for judging CBDCs.
- domain assumption The 2019-2023 Scopus/IEEE/ScienceDirect search with 67 papers captures the relevant evidence base.
invented entities (2)
-
CBDC privacy definition (Fig. 4)
-
Layered cryptographic stack (Fig. 7)
Cite this review
Pith. "Pith review of Central Bank Digital Currencies: Where is the Privacy, Technology, and Anonymity?." pith.science (2026). https://pith.science/paper/Q3VKC23P
@misc{pith2026260223659,
author = {Pith},
title = {Pith review of: Central Bank Digital Currencies: Where is the Privacy, Technology, and Anonymity?},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://pith.science/paper/Q3VKC23P}},
note = {Machine review of arXiv:2602.23659}
}
read the original abstract
In an age of financial system digitisation and the increasing adoption of digital currencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have emerged as a focal point for technological innovation. Privacy compliance has become a key factor in the successful design of CBDCs, extending beyond technical requirements to influence legal requirements, user trust, and security considerations. Implementing Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) in CBDCs requires an interdisciplinary approach, however, the lack of a common understanding of privacy and the essential technological characteristics restricts progress. This work investigates: (1) How privacy can be defined within the framework of CBDCs and what implications does this definition have for CBDCs design? and (2) Which PETs can be employed to enhance privacy in CBDC design? We propose a comprehensive definition for privacy that is mapped to the cryptographic landscape for feature implementation. The research is validated against case studies from 20 current CBDCs. The study shows that comprehensive privacy can be designed in the proposal stage, but that privacy does not reach the launched version of the CBDC. A failure analysis of abandoned privacy pilots identifies four root causes of this research-to-launch gap: regulatory visibility requirements, computational overhead, liability allocation, and institutional incentives.
Reference graph
Works this paper leans on
-
[1]
CBDC Tracker
Human Rights Foundation. CBDC Tracker. https://cbdctr acker.hrf.org/, 2025
2025
-
[2]
Making headway – results of the 2022 bis survey on central bank digital currencies and crypto
Anneke Kosse and Ilaria Mattei. Making headway – results of the 2022 bis survey on central bank digital currencies and crypto. https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap136.pdf, 2023
2022
-
[3]
Digital Canadian Dollar Public Consulta- tion: Report
Bank of Canada. Digital Canadian Dollar Public Consulta- tion: Report. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/u ploads/2023/11/Forum-Research-Digital-Canadian-Dol lar-Consultation-Report.pdf, 2023
2023
-
[4]
Central bank digital currency: Stability and information
Maarten R.C. van Oordt. Discussion of “Central bank digital currency: Stability and information”.Journal of Eco- nomic Dynamics and Control, 142, 9 2022. ISSN 01651889. doi: 10.1016/j.jedc.2022.104503
arXiv 2022
-
[5]
Central bank digital currency data use and privacy protection.Fintech Notes, 2024(004):A001, 2024
Kieran P Murphy, Tao Sun, Yong Sarah Zhou, Nat- suki Tsuda, Nicolas Zhang, Victor Budau, Frankosiligi Solomon, Kathleen Kao, Morana Vucinic, and Kristina Miggiani. Central bank digital currency data use and privacy protection.Fintech Notes, 2024(004):A001, 2024. doi: 10.5089/9798400286971.063.A001
-
[6]
Ratikant Bhaskar, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Shashank Bansal, and Dharen Kumar Pandey. Central Bank Digital Curren- cies: Agendas for future research.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 62, 12 2022. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101737
arXiv 2022
-
[7]
Frédéric Tronnier, David Harborth, and Peter Hamm. Inves- tigating privacy concerns and trust in the digital Euro in Ger- many.Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 53, 5 2022. ISSN 15674223. doi: 10.1016/j.elerap.2022.101158
arXiv 2022
-
[8]
Abdul Jabbar, Ahmed Geebren, Zahid Hussain, Samir Dani, and Shajara Ul-Durar. Investigating individual privacy within CBDC: A privacy calculus perspective.Research in In- ternational Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101826
arXiv 2023
Show all 110 references
-
[9]
Cen- tral bank digital currency: A systematic literature re- view using text mining approach.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023
Yen Hai Hoang, Vu Minh Ngo, and Ngoc Bich Vu. Cen- tral bank digital currency: A systematic literature re- view using text mining approach.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101889
2023
-
[10]
A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research.Journal of Management Information Systems, 24:45–77, 2007
Ken Peffers, Tuure Tuunanen, Marcus A Rothenberger, and Samir Chatterjee. A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research.Journal of Management Information Systems, 24:45–77, 2007. doi: 10.2753/MIS0742- 1222240302. URL https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40...
2007 doi
-
[11]
New trends in retail payments: How technological changes are reshaping the payments system
Tommaso De Portu. New trends in retail payments: How technological changes are reshaping the payments system. Introducing a proposal for a new pan-European instant pay- ment system.Latin American Journal of Central Banking, 3, 12 2022. ISSN 26661438. doi: 10.1016/j.latcb.2022....
2022
-
[12]
A model for CBDC audits based on blockchain technol- ogy: Learning from the DCEP.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 63, 12 2022
Yi Ran Wang, Chao Qun Ma, and Yi Shuai Ren. A model for CBDC audits based on blockchain technol- ogy: Learning from the DCEP.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 63, 12 2022. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101781
2022
-
[13]
Xidi Zhang. Opportunities, challenges and promotion coun- termeasures of central bank digital currency.In Proceedings of the 2020 Management Science Informatization and Eco- nomic Innovation Development Conference, pages 343–346, 12 2020. doi: 10.1109/MSIEID52046.2020.00072
2020
-
[14]
Jun Yang and Zhiguang Li. Impact of Bitcoin’ s Distributed Structure on the Construction of the Central Bank’ s Digital Currency System.In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control (ICISC), 2020. doi: 10.1109/ICISC47916.2020.9171195
2020
-
[15]
Cos- CBDC: Design and Implementation of CBDC on Cosmos Blockchain.In Proceedings of the 22nd Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, pages 303–308,
Jungsu Han, Jeongheon Kim, Aram Youn, Jinhee Lee, Yun- suh Chun, Jongsoo Woo, and James Won-Ki Hong. Cos- CBDC: Design and Implementation of CBDC on Cosmos Blockchain.In Proceedings of the 22nd Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, pages 303–308,
-
[16]
A Privacy-Preserving Transparent Central Bank Digital Currency System Based on Consortium Blockchain and Unspent Transaction Outputs
Md Mainul Islam and Hoh Peter In. A Privacy-Preserving Transparent Central Bank Digital Currency System Based on Consortium Blockchain and Unspent Transaction Outputs. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 16:2372–2386, 7
-
[17]
IAP: Instant Auditing Protocol for Anonymous Payments.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS, 2021-December:548–555, 2021
Ping Zhong, Bo Wang, Anning Wang, Yiming Zhang, Shengyun Liu, Qikai Zhong, and Xuping Tu. IAP: Instant Auditing Protocol for Anonymous Payments.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS, 2021-December:548–555, 2021. ISSN 152190...
2021
-
[18]
A Blockchain- based Framework for Central Bank Digital Currency
Xuan Han, Yong Yuan, and Fei-Yue Wang. A Blockchain- based Framework for Central Bank Digital Currency. IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), pages 263–268, 2019. doi: 10.1109/SOLI48380.2019.8955032
2019
-
[19]
A Hybrid Model for Central Bank Digital Currency Based on Blockchain
Jinnan Zhang, Rui Tian, Yanghua Cao, Xueguang Yuan, Zefeng Yu, Xin Yan, and Xia Zhang. A Hybrid Model for Central Bank Digital Currency Based on Blockchain. IEEE Access, 9:53589–53601, 2021. ISSN 21693536. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3071033
2021
-
[20]
Abdurrashid Ibrahim Sanka, Muhammad Irfan, Ian Huang, and Ray C.C. Cheung. A survey of breakthrough in blockchain technology: Adoptions, applications, challenges and future research.Computer Com- munications, 169:179–201, 3 2021. ISSN 1873703X. doi: 10.1016/j.comcom.2020.12.028
2021 doi
-
[22]
Privacy and transparency in CBDCs: A regulation-by-design AML/CFT scheme.IEEE International Confer- ence on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency,, 5 2021
Nadia Pocher and Andreas Veneris. Privacy and transparency in CBDCs: A regulation-by-design AML/CFT scheme.IEEE International Confer- ence on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency,, 5 2021. doi: 10.1109/ICBC51069.2021.9461090
2021
-
[23]
Karl Wüst, Kari Kostiainen, Noah Delius, and Srdjan Capkun. Platypus: A Central Bank Digital Currency with Unlink- able Transactions and Privacy-Preserving Regulation.In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Com- munications Security, pages 2947–2960, 11 2022. ISSN...
2022
-
[24]
Cheng-Yong Liu and Chih-Chun Hou. A research on blockchain-based central bank digital currency.Lec- ture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social- Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST 317:131–139, 2020. ISSN 18678211. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030- 52988-8_11
2020 doi
-
[25]
Ungson and Sada Soorapanth
Gerardo R. Ungson and Sada Soorapanth. The ASEAN blockchain roadmap.Asia and the Global Economy, 2:100047, 12 2022. ISSN 26671115. doi: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2022.100047
2022
-
[26]
Data Privacy Consid- erations for Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia-Pacific Countries.Computer, 55:95–100, 3 2022
Nir Kshetri and Elena Loukoianova. Data Privacy Consid- erations for Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia-Pacific Countries.Computer, 55:95–100, 3 2022. ISSN 15580814. doi: 10.1109/MC.2022.3141228
2022
-
[27]
Fin- tech, Cryptocurrencies, and CBDC: Financial Structural Transformation in China.Journal of International Money and Finance, 124, 6 2022
Franklin Allen, Xian Gu, and Julapa Jagtiani. Fin- tech, Cryptocurrencies, and CBDC: Financial Structural Transformation in China.Journal of International Money and Finance, 124, 6 2022. ISSN 02615606. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102625
2022
-
[28]
Aggelos Kiayias, Markulf Kohlweiss, and Amirreza Sarencheh. PEReDi: Privacy-Enhanced, Regulated and Distributed Central Bank Digital Currencies.In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communica- tions Security, pages 1739–1752, 11 2022. ISSN 15437221. doi: 10.1145...
2022
-
[29]
A Compendium of Practices for Central Bank Digital Currencies for Multinational Financial Infrastructures.IEEE Access, 8:110810–110847, 2020
Edwin Ayisi Opare and Kwangjo Kim. A Compendium of Practices for Central Bank Digital Currencies for Multinational Financial Infrastructures.IEEE Access, 8:110810–110847, 2020. ISSN 21693536. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3001970
2020
-
[30]
Somya Gupta, Dharen Kumar Pandey, Anis El Ammari, and Ganesh P . Sahu. Do perceived risks and benefits impact trust and willingness to adopt CBDCs?Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 66, 10 2023. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101993
2023
-
[31]
Blockchain and central bank digital currency.ICT Express, 8:264–270, 6 2022
Tao Zhang and Zhigang Huang. Blockchain and central bank digital currency.ICT Express, 8:264–270, 6 2022. ISSN 24059595. doi: 10.1016/j.icte.2021.09.014
2022 doi
-
[32]
Implementing a retail CBDC: Lessons learned and key insights.Latin Ameri- can Journal of Central Banking, 2, 3 2021
Raúl Morales-Resendiz, Jorge Ponce, Pablo Picardo, An- drés Velasco, Bobby Chen, León Sanz, Gabriela Guiborg, Björn Segendorff, José Luis Vasquez, John Arroyo, Illich Aguirre, Natalie Haynes, Novelette Panton, Mario Griffiths, Cedric Pieterz, and Allister Hodge. Implementing a...
2021
-
[33]
Si Yuan Jin and Yong Xia. CEV Framework: A Central Bank Digital Currency Evaluation and Verification Framework With a Focus on Consensus Algorithms and Operating Archi- tectures.IEEE Access, 10:63698–63714, 2022. ISSN 21693536. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3183092
2022
-
[34]
AT- CBDC: Achieving Anonymity and Traceability in Central Bank Digital Currency.IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022-May:4402–4407, 2022
Yunke Liu, Jianbing Ni, and Mohammad Zulkernine. AT- CBDC: Achieving Anonymity and Traceability in Central Bank Digital Currency.IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022-May:4402–4407, 2022. ISSN 15503607. doi: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9839154
2022
-
[35]
Monalsha Chand, Vasim Ahmad, Samta Kathuria, Prafful Negi, Tilottama Singh, and Gunjan Chhabra. Digital Cur- rency Security with the Intervention of Blockchain.In Pro- ceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Data Communication Systems, pages 1...
2023
-
[36]
Blockchain Ap- plication for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)
Vijak Sethaput and Supachate Innet. Blockchain Ap- plication for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, pages 3–10, 2021. doi: 10.1109/BCCA53669.2021.9657012. 19
2021
-
[37]
A sys- tematic survey on security concerns in cryptocurrencies: State-of-the-art and perspectives.Computers and Security, 113, 2 2022
Sidharth Quamara and Awadhesh Kumar Singh. A sys- tematic survey on security concerns in cryptocurrencies: State-of-the-art and perspectives.Computers and Security, 113, 2 2022. ISSN 01674048. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2021.102548
2022
-
[38]
Design- ing central bank digital currencies.Journal of Mon- etary Economics, 125:62–79, 1 2022
Itai Agur, Anil Ari, and Giovanni Dell’Ariccia. Design- ing central bank digital currencies.Journal of Mon- etary Economics, 125:62–79, 1 2022. ISSN 03043932. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2021.05.002
2022 doi
-
[39]
How to understand China’ s approach to central bank digital currency?Computer Law and Security Review, 50, 9 2023
Heng Wang. How to understand China’ s approach to central bank digital currency?Computer Law and Security Review, 50, 9 2023. ISSN 02673649. doi: 10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105788
2023
-
[40]
A survey on security and privacy in blockchain-based central bank digital currencies.Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, 11:16–29, 8 2021
Yunyoung Lee, Bumho Son, Seongwan Park, Jaewook Lee, and Huisu Jang. A survey on security and privacy in blockchain-based central bank digital currencies.Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, 11:16–29, 8 2021. ISSN 21822077. doi: 10.22667/JISIS.2021.08.31.016
2021 doi
-
[41]
Digital currency in China: pilot implementations, legal challenges and prospects
Chaowei Xu and Banggui Jin. Digital currency in China: pilot implementations, legal challenges and prospects. Juridical Tribune, 12:177–194, 6 2022. ISSN 22480382. doi: 10.24818/TBJ/2022/12/2.02
2022 doi
-
[42]
Internet of Things Background: An Empirical Study on the Payment Intention of Central Bank Digital Currency Design.Mobile Information Systems, 2022,
Chao Ma, Zhuang Jin, Ziwen Mei, Fei Zhou, Xinyu She, Jia Huang, and Da Liu. Internet of Things Background: An Empirical Study on the Payment Intention of Central Bank Digital Currency Design.Mobile Information Systems, 2022,
2022
-
[43]
Designing digital currency wallets for broad adoption.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 17:96–106, 2023
Becca Scollan and Erika Darling. Designing digital currency wallets for broad adoption.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 17:96–106, 2023
2023
-
[44]
designing central bank digital currency
Carolyn A. Wilkins. Discussion of “designing central bank digital currency” by Agur, Ari and Dell’Ariccia.Journal of Monetary Economics, 125:80–84, 1 2022. ISSN 03043932. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2021.09.009
2022 doi
-
[45]
Privacy in Payment in the Age of Central Bank Digital Currency.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 619 IFIP:96–114, 2021
Frédéric Tronnier. Privacy in Payment in the Age of Central Bank Digital Currency.IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 619 IFIP:96–114, 2021. ISSN 1868422X. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-72465-8_6
2021 doi
-
[46]
Atomic cross-chain set- tlement model for central banks digital currency.Infor- mation Sciences, 580:838–856, 11 2021
Yunyoung Lee, Bumho Son, Huisu Jang, Junyoung Byun, Taeho Yoon, and Jaewook Lee. Atomic cross-chain set- tlement model for central banks digital currency.Infor- mation Sciences, 580:838–856, 11 2021. ISSN 00200255. doi: 10.1016/j.ins.2021.09.040
2021 doi
-
[47]
Blockchain Application for Central Banks: A Systematic Mapping Study.IEEE Access, 8:139918–139952, 2020
Natalia Dashkevich, Steve Counsell, and Giuseppe Destefa- nis. Blockchain Application for Central Banks: A Systematic Mapping Study.IEEE Access, 8:139918–139952, 2020. ISSN 21693536. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3012295
2020
-
[48]
Issues, risks, and challenges for auditing crypto asset transactions.Interna- tional Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 46, 9 2022
Sheng Feng Hsieh and Gerard Brennan. Issues, risks, and challenges for auditing crypto asset transactions.Interna- tional Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 46, 9 2022. ISSN 14670895. doi: 10.1016/j.accinf.2022.100569
2022
-
[49]
Accounting for digital currencies.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023
Noora Alsalmi, Subhan Ullah, and Muhammad Rafique. Accounting for digital currencies.Research in Interna- tional Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101897
2023
-
[50]
Privacy and Emergency Pay- ments in a Pandemic: How to Think about Privacy and a Central Bank Digital Currency.LAW, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS, 3, 2021
Ellie Rennie and Stacey Steele. Privacy and Emergency Pay- ments in a Pandemic: How to Think about Privacy and a Central Bank Digital Currency.LAW, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS, 3, 2021. doi: 10.5204/thj.1745
2021 doi
-
[51]
Balancing privacy and data use: The potential impact of large online platforms and central bank digital currencies
Yuji Maruo, Yuji Maruo Yuji, Sei Sugino, and Sei Sugino Sei. Balancing privacy and data use: The potential impact of large online platforms and central bank digital currencies. Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 17:142–150, 2023
2023
-
[52]
Money laundering in a CBDC world: a game of cats and mice.Jour- nal of Financial Crime, 29:171–184, 1 2022
Daniel Dupuis, Kimberly Gleason, and Zhijie Wang. Money laundering in a CBDC world: a game of cats and mice.Jour- nal of Financial Crime, 29:171–184, 1 2022. ISSN 17587239. doi: 10.1108/JFC-02-2021-0035
2022 doi
-
[53]
Money laundering and the privacy design of central bank digital currency.Review of Economic Dynamics,
Zijian Wang. Money laundering and the privacy design of central bank digital currency.Review of Economic Dynamics,
-
[54]
Governance and monetary policy impacts on public acceptance of CBDC adoption.Research in International Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023
Vu Minh Ngo, Phuc Van Nguyen, Huan Huu Nguyen, Huong Xuan Thi Tram, and Long Cuu Hoang. Governance and monetary policy impacts on public acceptance of CBDC adoption.Research in International Business and Finance, 64, 1 2023. ISSN 02755319. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101865
2023
-
[55]
Sri Varshini Kesavaraj, Ca Mukund Jakhiya, and Ca Nisha Bhandari. A Study on Upcoming Central Bank Digital Currency: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Potential FinTech Solutions using Cryptography in the Indian Scenario.In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Com- ...
2022
-
[56]
An integrated ap- proach for electronic identification and central bank digital currencies.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 15: 287–304, 2021
Michael Adams, Luca Boldrin, Ralf Ohlhausen, Ralf Ohlhausen Ralf, and Eric Wagner. An integrated ap- proach for electronic identification and central bank digital currencies.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 15: 287–304, 2021
2021
- [57]
-
[58]
Programming Tech- niques A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems.Communications of the ACM, 21: 120–126, 1978
R L Rivest, A Shamir, and L Adleman. Programming Tech- niques A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems.Communications of the ACM, 21: 120–126, 1978. doi: 10.1145/359340.359342
1978
-
[59]
A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms.IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 31:469–472, 1985
Taher Elgamal. A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms.IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 31:469–472, 1985. ISSN 15579654. doi: 10.1109/TIT .1985.1057074
1985
-
[60]
Review of Offline Payment Function of CBDC Considering Security Require- ments.Applied Sciences, 12, 5 2022
Yeonouk Chu, Jaeho Lee, Sungjoong Kim, Hyunjoong Kim, Yongtae Yoon, and Hyeyoung Chung. Review of Offline Payment Function of CBDC Considering Security Require- ments.Applied Sciences, 12, 5 2022. ISSN 20763417. doi: 10.3390/app12094488
2022 doi
-
[61]
AFCoin: A framework for digital fiat cur- rency of central banks based on account model.Information Security and Cryptology
Haibo Tian, Xiaofeng Chen, Yong Ding, Xiaoyan Zhu, and Fangguo Zhang. AFCoin: A framework for digital fiat cur- rency of central banks based on account model.Information Security and Cryptology. Inscrypt 2018, LNCS 11449:70–85,
2018
-
[62]
Group Signatures
David Chaum and Eugène van Heyst. Group Signatures. InAdvances in Cryptology - EUROCRYPT ’91, Workshop on the Theory and Application of of Cryptographic Techniques, Brighton, UK, April 8-11, 1991, Proceedings, volume 547 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 257–265. Springer,
1991
-
[63]
C. P . Schnorr. Efficient Signature Generation by Smart Cards.Journal of Cryptology, 4:161–174, 1991. doi: 10.1007/BF00196725
1991 doi
-
[64]
Short Group Signatures.Cryptology eprint archive, 2004
Dan Boneh, Xavier Boyen, and Hovav Shacham. Short Group Signatures.Cryptology eprint archive, 2004. http://eprint.i acr.org/2004/174/
2004
-
[65]
The BBS Signature Scheme
Decentralized Identity Foundation. The BBS Signature Scheme. https://identity.foundation/bbs-signature/draft-i rtf-cfrg-bbs-signatures.html, 2023
2023
-
[66]
How to Leak a Secret.ASIACRYPT 2001
Ronald L Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Yael Tauman. How to Leak a Secret.ASIACRYPT 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 2248:552–565, 2001. doi: 10.1007/3-540- 45682-1_32
2001 doi
-
[67]
The public, the private and the secret: Thoughts on privacy in central bank digital currencies.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 15, 2021
David Ballaschk and Jan Paulick. The public, the private and the secret: Thoughts on privacy in central bank digital currencies.Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 15, 2021
2021
-
[68]
Short Pairing-Based Non-interactive Zero- Knowledge Arguments.Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2010, LNCS 6477:321–340, 2010
Jens Groth. Short Pairing-Based Non-interactive Zero- Knowledge Arguments.Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2010, LNCS 6477:321–340, 2010. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642- 17373-8_19
2010 doi
-
[69]
Elli Androulaki, Jan Camenisch, Angelo De Caro, Maria Dubovitskaya, Kaoutar Elkhiyaoui, and Björn Tackmann. 20 Privacy-preserving auditable token payments in a permis- sioned blockchain system.In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies, page...
2020
-
[70]
Protocols for Secure Computations.In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Foun- dations of Computer Science, pages 160–164, 1982
Andrew C Yao. Protocols for Secure Computations.In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Symposium on Foun- dations of Computer Science, pages 160–164, 1982. doi: 10.1109/SFCS.1982.88
1982 doi
-
[71]
Non-Interactive and Information- Theoretic Secure Verifiable Secret Sharing.Advances in Cryp- tology - CRYPT0 ’91, LNCS 576:129–140, 1991
Torben Pryds Pedersen. Non-Interactive and Information- Theoretic Secure Verifiable Secret Sharing.Advances in Cryp- tology - CRYPT0 ’91, LNCS 576:129–140, 1991. doi: 10.1007/3- 540-46766-1_9
1991 doi
-
[72]
Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments, 1983
David Chaum. Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments, 1983
1983
-
[73]
Simple schnorr signature with pedersen commit- ment as key
Gary Yu. Simple schnorr signature with pedersen commit- ment as key. https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/061.pdf, February 2020
2020
-
[74]
Fully Homomorphic Encryption Using Ideal Lattices.In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, pages 169–178, 2009
Craig Gentry. Fully Homomorphic Encryption Using Ideal Lattices.In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, pages 169–178, 2009. ISSN 07378017. doi: 10.1145/1536414.1536440
2009
-
[75]
Preserv- ing transaction privacy in Bitcoin.Future Generation Computer Systems, 107:793–804, 6 2020
Qin Wang, Bo Qin, Jiankun Hu, and Fu Xiao. Preserv- ing transaction privacy in Bitcoin.Future Generation Computer Systems, 107:793–804, 6 2020. ISSN 0167739X. doi: 10.1016/j.future.2017.08.026
2020 doi
-
[76]
Kazuo Takaragi, Takashi Kubota, Sven Wohlgemuth, Kat- suyuki Umezawa, and Hiroki Koyanagi. Secure Revo- cation Features in eKYC - Privacy Protection in Cen- tral Bank Digital Currency.IEICE Transactions on Fun- damentals of Electronics, Communications and Com- puter Sciences, ...
2023 doi
-
[77]
The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Sys- tems.SIAM Journal on Computing, 18:186–208, 1989
Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, and Charles Rackoff. The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Sys- tems.SIAM Journal on Computing, 18:186–208, 1989. doi: 10.1137/0218012. STOC’85
1989 doi
-
[78]
Project Khokha: Exploring the use of distributed ledger technology for interbank payments settlement in South Africa
South Aftrican Reserve Bank. Project Khokha: Exploring the use of distributed ledger technology for interbank payments settlement in South Africa. https://www.resbank.co.za/co ntent/dam/sarb/publications/media-releases/2022/pro ject-khokha-2/Project%20Khokha%202%20Full%20Repor...
2022
-
[79]
Designing a Central Bank Digital Currency with Support for Cash-like Privacy
Jonas Gross, Johannes Sedlmeir, Matthias Babel, Alexander Bechtel, and Benjamin Schellinger. Designing a Central Bank Digital Currency with Support for Cash-like Privacy. SSRN, 2022. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3891121
2022
-
[80]
An Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Blockchains and Economics.Federal Reserve Bank of St
Aleksander Berentsen, Jeremias Lenzi, and Remo Nyf- fenegger. An Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Blockchains and Economics.Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 105(4):280–294, 2023. doi: 10.20955/r.105.280- 94
2023 doi
-
[81]
Scalable, transparent, and post-quantum secure computational integrity, 2018
Eli Ben-Sasson, Iddo Bentov, Yinon Horesh, and Michael Riabzev. Scalable, transparent, and post-quantum secure computational integrity, 2018
2018
-
[82]
Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium.SSRN, 2023
Vitalik Buterin, Jacob Illum, Matthias Nadler, Fabian Schär, and Ameen Soleimani. Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium.SSRN, 2023. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4563364
2023
-
[83]
Design Choices for Central Bank Digital Cur- rency: Policy and Technical Considerations.Institute of Labor Economics, IZA DA No
Sarah Allen, Srdjan Capkun, Ittay Eyal, Giulia Fanti, Bryan Ford, James Grimmelmann, Ari Juels, Kari Kostiainen, Sarah Meiklejohn, Andrew Miller, Eswar Prasad, Karl Wüst, and Fan Zhang. Design Choices for Central Bank Digital Cur- rency: Policy and Technical Considerations.Ins...
2020 doi
-
[84]
Succinct Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge for a von Neumann Architecture.In Proceedings of the seven- teenth Large Installation Systems Administration Conference (LISA XVII), 2003
Eli Ben-Sasson, Alessandro Chiesa, Eran Tromer, and Madars Virza. Succinct Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge for a von Neumann Architecture.In Proceedings of the seven- teenth Large Installation Systems Administration Conference (LISA XVII), 2003. URL https://www.usenix.org/confe...
2003
-
[85]
Behind the scenes of central bank digital currency: Emerg- ing trends, insights, and policy lessons
Gabriel Soderberg, Marianne Bechara, Wouter Bossu, Natasha X Che, Sonja Davidovic, John Kiff, Inutu Lukonga, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Tao Sun, and Akihiro Yoshinaga. Behind the scenes of central bank digital currency: Emerg- ing trends, insights, and policy lessons. https://w...
2022
-
[86]
Nigeria’ s enaira, one year after
Jookyung Ree. Nigeria’ s enaira, one year after. https://ww w.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/05/16/Nig erias-eNaira-One-Year-After-533487, May 2023. ISSN 1018-5941
2023
-
[87]
Digital tenge: Results of the first implementation phase
National Bank of Kazakhstan. Digital tenge: Results of the first implementation phase. https://nationalbank.kz/file/ download/97556, December 2023
2023
-
[88]
Stepanchenko
Andrey V . Stepanchenko. Digital ruble in russian civil circu- lation: challenges and perspectives.SHS Web of Conferences, 134:5, 2022. doi: 10.1051/shsconf/202213400041. URL https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202213400041
2022
-
[89]
Background and Impli- cations of China’ s Central Bank Digital Currency: E-CNY
Jiaying Jiang and Karman Lucero. Background and Impli- cations of China’ s Central Bank Digital Currency: E-CNY. University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy, 33:237, January 2023. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3774479
2023 doi
-
[90]
Central Bank Digital Loonie: Canadian Cash for a New Global Economy Final Report for the Bank of Canada’ s Model X Challenge.SSRN, 2021
Andreas Veneris, Andreas Park, Fan Long, and Poonam Puri. Central Bank Digital Loonie: Canadian Cash for a New Global Economy Final Report for the Bank of Canada’ s Model X Challenge.SSRN, 2021. https://ssrn.com/abstrac t=3770024
2021
-
[91]
A high performance payment processing sys- tem designed for central bank digital currencies
James Lovejoy, Cory Fields, Madars Virza, Tyler Frederick, David Urness, Kevin Karwaski, Anders Brownworth, and Neha Narula. A high performance payment processing sys- tem designed for central bank digital currencies. https: //eprint.iacr.org/2022/163, 2022
2022
-
[92]
Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies
European Central Bank. Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pres s/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.mipinfocus191217.en.pdf, December 2019
2019
-
[93]
Project tourbillon: Ex- ploring privacy, security and scalability for cbdcs
Bank for International Settlements. Project tourbillon: Ex- ploring privacy, security and scalability for cbdcs. https: //www.snb.ch/dam/jcr:54401d68-c224-4936-95ea-ea98c 44d7ea3/project_tourbillon_report.en.pdf, November 2023
2023
-
[94]
The digital pound: Technology working paper
Bank of England. The digital pound: Technology working paper. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/fil es/paper/2023/the-digital-pound-technology-working-p aper.pdf, February 2023
2023
-
[95]
Privacy enhancing technologies: Payments and financial services in a digital society
Bank of Japan. Privacy enhancing technologies: Payments and financial services in a digital society. https://www.boj. or.jp/en/research/brp/psr/psrb230120.htm, January 2023. English translation of the Japanese original published on September 29, 2022
2023
-
[96]
Relatório do piloto drex fase 1
Banco Central do Brasil. Relatório do piloto drex fase 1. ht tps://www.bcb.gov.br/content/estabilidadefinanceira/re al_digital_docs/piloto/Relatorio_Drex_piloto_fase_1.pdf, 2023
2023
-
[97]
Central Bank Digital Cur- rency: Lessons from The Bahamas
Alliance for Financial Inclusion. Central Bank Digital Cur- rency: Lessons from The Bahamas. https://www.afi-global. org/newsroom/blogs/central-bank-digital-currency-lesso ns-from-the-bahamas/, January 2024. 21
2024
-
[98]
Bahamas to Mandate Banks to Offer Sand Dollar CBDC – Report
Ledger Insights. Bahamas to Mandate Banks to Offer Sand Dollar CBDC – Report. https://www.ledgerinsights.com/b ahamas-to-mandate-banks-to-offer-sand-dollar-cbdc-r eport/, July 2024
2024
-
[99]
What’ s Next for China’ s Digital Currency?MIT Technology Review, August 2023
Mike Orcutt. What’ s Next for China’ s Digital Currency?MIT Technology Review, August 2023. https://www.technologyre view.com/2023/08/03/1077181/whats-next-for-chinas-d igital-currency/
2023
-
[100]
Y. Li, T . Wareewanich, and T . Chankoson. A Study on Influencing Factors of Willingness to Use E-CNY Based on Logistic Model.International Journal of In- teractive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 18(04):112–123, 2024. doi: 10.3991/ijim.v18i04.47117
2024 doi
-
[101]
Central Bank Digital Currency Experiments: Progress on the Pilot Program
Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan. Central Bank Digital Currency Experiments: Progress on the Pilot Program. https://www.boj.or.jp/en/paym/digi tal/dig240531a.pdf, April 2024
2024
-
[102]
Nigeria’ s eNaira, One Year After, 2023
Jookyung Ree. Nigeria’ s eNaira, One Year After, 2023. IMF Working Paper WP/23/104. https://www.imf.org/-/media/ Files/Publications/WP/2023/English/wpiea2023104-print -pdf.ashx
2023
-
[103]
Issuance of Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency: Comments from the Public,
Central Bank of Kenya. Issuance of Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency: Comments from the Public,
-
[104]
The Bank of Canada is ‘scaling down’ plans for a possible digital loonie
Craig Lord. The Bank of Canada is ‘scaling down’ plans for a possible digital loonie. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/ news/10772381/bank-of-canada-digital-loonie-tiff-mackl em/, 2024
2024
-
[108]
Analysis No
Danmarks Nationalbank. Analysis No. 8: New Types of Digi- tal Money. https://www.nationalbanken.dk/media/z12aim yo/analysis-no-8-new-types-of-digital-money.pdf, June 2022
2022
-
[110]
https://www.centralbank.go.ke/uploads/press_releas es/103592893_Press%20Release%20-%20Issuance%20of% 20Discussion%20Paper%20on%20Central%20Bank%20D igital%20Currency%20-%20Comments%20from%20the% 20Public.pdf
-
[1991]
doi: 10.1007/3-540-46416-6_22
- [2019]
-
[2021]
doi: 10.23919/APNOMS52696.2021.9562672
2021
- [2022]
-
[2023]
doi: 10.1109/TSC.2022.3226120
ISSN 19391374. doi: 10.1109/TSC.2022.3226120
2022
Reviewed August 2, 2026 · model on record in the stance chip above.
Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.