> Cryptocurrencies log all transactions in a world-readable log. True for now but there's some interesting experiments in this space, such as zero knowledge pr

> Cryptocurrencies log all transactions in a world-readable log. True for now but there's some interesting experiments in this space, such as zero knowledge proofs, currently in dash and porting to ethereum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-interactive_zero-knowledge_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-interactive_zero-knowledge...). > And it's quite a hassle to acquire without going through an exchange which logs all your personal information for AML anyway. Also true, but crypto to crypto exchanges are relatively lax on regulation. It'd be trivial to trade into an anonymous coin, mix, then back to a public coin for some degree of anonymity.