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correlation [ verb ]

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correlation [ verb ]

AI–generated Summary

An identifier indicating external parties have observed the relationship between wallet contents.

Definition

In our scope this is an identifier used to indicate that external parties have observed how wallet contents are related.

Example

When a public key is reused, it conveys that some common entity is controlling both identifiers. Tracking correlation allows for software to warn when some new information might be about to be exposed, for example: "Looks like you are about to send cryptocurrency, from an account you frequently use to a new account you just created."

KERI Suite Glossary, https://weboftrust.github.io/WOT-terms/docs/glossary/correlation. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0; the license and any notices are in the repository. Found through KERISSE. The abstract, the level and the labels on the catalog entry are the KERISuite Knowledge Base's own, CC BY 4.0.