Bitcoin was never claimed to be "anonymous." It operates under a privacy model called "pseudonymity," which was described elegantly in Satoshi's white paper. T

Bitcoin was never claimed to be "anonymous." It operates under a privacy model called "pseudonymity," which was described elegantly in Satoshi's white paper. The distinction is important because conflating privacy in general (and pseudonymity in particular) with anonymity is one way people get into trouble.