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It's close to being anonymous though. If I give you a random bitcoin address, what are the odds you can identify the owner of it? It's very close to zero.
by olegkikin 9y ago
It's close to being anonymous though. If I give you a random bitcoin address, what are the odds you can identify the owner of it? It's very close to zero.
- dsacco 9y agoIn practice? The odds are pretty likely. Most people have poor opsec, and you can uniquely identify anyone with fewer than 33 bits of data.
- ebcode 9y agoAnd yet Satoshi Nakamoto still has not been doxxed.
- dsacco 9y agoI said "likely", not "certainly." Satoshi Nakamoto is the exception that proves the rule; part of his infamy is precisely due to the fact that he has not yet identified, which is extraordinary.
- olegkikin 9y agoLet's test your claim. Here's a transaction between many addresses. How many can you identify? https://blockchain.info/tx/5e3f8e728e7a9c14231806de537ae617773dea89c97027708bc03e59e247f6d6 https://blockchain.info/tx/5e3f8e728e7a9c14231806de537ae6177...
- VMG 9y agoLet's make it easier: how many of the transactions in the most recent block (as of writing) can be tied to individuals? https://blockchain.info/block/0000000000000000005d8e91c8b1b365faa3898d0f4877d86df084819e8093ad https://blockchain.info/block/0000000000000000005d8e91c8b1b3...