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There has been a lot of talk recently about <strong>atomic swaps</strong>. What hasn’t gotten much attention, though, are the privacy implications. The current way they get implemented, <strong>are not very private</strong>. MASTs (Merkleized Abstract Syntax Trees) have been described generally as a privacy improvement. This example shows a practical and significant privacy improvement (assuming MAST gets integrated into Bitcoin).