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With the NSA permeating so much, how sure can we be a bitcoin was ever truly anonymous ?
by Simulacra 9y ago
With the NSA permeating so much, how sure can we be a bitcoin was ever truly anonymous ?
- estroz 9y agoBitcoin was not and never will be anonymous if a user converts to fiat. There is always a way to trace a transaction through the blockchain, and from there to a fiat-Bitcoin exchange where you have an account tied to your bank.
- mercer 9y agoI suppose the more anonymous option would be to 'buy' mining or use something like localbitcoins? You could still get caught, of course, but it'd be a lot more difficult.
- tehlike 9y agoBitcoin is not anonymous, and it is tracable. Your identity is known as soon as you go to an exhange or convert to fiat.
- garmaine 9y agoIt never was. Anonymity a property bitcoin never had nor tried to have.