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This has always been an interesting question. What is anonymity (less trace-ability) - hiding in the crowd or uniqueness?

• softawre 10y ago
  What is the argument for uniqueness?
  • denzil_correa 10y ago
    Example - Satoshi Nakamoto of Bitcoin fame
    • Phlarp 10y ago
      Satoshi is the exception, not the rule. Becoming famous and staying anonymous are diametrically opposed.
    • mikeash 10y ago
      Not really anonymous. People have a pretty good idea of which bitcoins are his. He just never does anything with them, so that knowledge doesn't serve much of a purpose. It would be sort of like setting your browser's user-agent to a unique identifier that you never change, but then never actually using the browser for anything. It's not the unique ID that hides you, it's the fact that you never use it.