RESEARCH ARTICLE
GHOST Privacy Technology
Every layer of the GHOST privacy stack, explained.
Editorial metadata · E-E-A-T
Author
The GHOST Archive Editorial Team
Editor
The GHOST Archive Editorial Team
Published
2024-01-01
Updated
2026-10-08
Last verified
2026-10-08
Direct answer
GHOST's privacy is a stack: application privacy, wallet privacy, sender privacy, value privacy, zero-knowledge range proofs, network propagation privacy, and consensus. Each layer has a dedicated explainer.
The privacy stack
Flow diagram
APPLICATION PRIVACY — Telaghost / Ghost Chat
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WALLET PRIVACY — Stealth Addresses
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SENDER PRIVACY — Ring signatures / RingCT
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VALUE PRIVACY — Confidential Transactions
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RANGE PROOFS — Bulletproofs
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NETWORK PRIVACY — Dandelion++
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CONSENSUS — Proof of Stake
Explore each layer
- ›RingCT — confidential transactions.
- ›Ring Signatures — hiding the sender.
- ›Stealth Addresses — hiding the recipient.
- ›Bulletproofs — zero-knowledge range proofs.
- ›Dandelion++ — network propagation privacy.
- ›Proof of Stake — consensus.
- ›Cold Staking — safe participation.
- ›Ghost Veterans — governance participation.
- ›Quantum Resistance — what the whitepaper claims and what it does not.
Sources
- S-02Revised GHOST Whitepaper (June 2020)PRIMARY2020-06 · whitepaper · supports: Particl-derived architecture, RingCT, stealth addresses, Bulletproofs, Dandelion++https://github.com/ghost-coin
- S-03Updated GHOST Privacy Whitepaper (December 2024)PRIMARY2024-12 · whitepaper · supports: Current privacy stack, tokenomics, Ghost Veterans, governancehttps://github.com/ghost-coin