Timing and privacy issues

[markblundeberg]

Turning off fusion suddenly with hundreds of utxo, then coming back months later and fusing them all, is a pretty big privacy giveaway.

Ideas:

• Write guides to encourage users to consolidate before closing wallet for extended time.
• Add detection in fusion plugin on startup, to check whether coins have a common age and to warn the user.
• Add nag warning when wallet is closed / autofusions are stopped, and wallet has many coins.
• Develop 'slow mode' where new coins have a random delay before they are allowed to be fused.
  • This works two ways: the wallet will end up with a larger spread of fusion coin creation times, and it will have a larger spread in coin spend times.
  • In order that slow mode users don't stand out, it is helpful if regular fusion will occasionally slow some coins. This can be difficult.