Plausibly Deniable Content Discovery for Bitswap Using Random Walks
<|reference_start|>Plausibly Deniable Content Discovery for Bitswap Using Random Walks: Bitswap is the data exchange protocol for the content-addressed peer-to-peer overlay network IPFS. During content discovery, Bitswap reveals the interest of a peer in content to all neighbors, enabling the tracking of user interests. In our paper, we propose a modification of the Bitswap protocol, which enables source obfuscation using proxies for content discovery. The proxies are selected via a random-walk. Enabling content discovery through proxies introduces plausible deniability. We evaluate the protocol modification with a simulation. The protocol modification demonstrates enhanced privacy, while maintaining acceptable performance levels.<|reference_end|>
@article{wedler2024plausibly,
    title={Plausibly Deniable Content Discovery for Bitswap Using Random Walks},
    author={Manuel Wedler and Erik Daniel and Florian Tschorsch},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.12433},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.12433},
    primaryClass={cs.NI}
}