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I guess ... I never had much interest in trading or investing in Bitcoin. But I do earn a little Bitcoin, now and then. And I like to play with VPS, and the o

I guess ... I never had much interest in trading or investing in Bitcoin. But I do earn a little Bitcoin, now and then. And I like to play with VPS, and the occasional server. So I probably spend maybe $100-$200 in Bitcoin each month. And given that I do all that ~anonymously, it'd be far more hassle without cryptocurrencies.

y4mi 7y ago
Bitcoin isn't anonymous. The ledger is public and your wallet has to be linked to you only once for every purchase you've done to be entirely attributed to you. This can even happen years after you've deleted the wallet key and moved on to a new wallet.
- mirimir 7y ago
  Sorry, forgot to mention mixing multiple times, using multiple Electrum wallets, in multiple Whonix VMs via Tor, using different mixing services, etc, etc, etc. So sure, all that Mirimir spends is linked. But nothing is linked to my other personas, or to me in meatspace. Edit: Bitcoin Fog was used to mix thousands of Bitcoin from at least two thefts. In 2013 from Sheep Marketplace, and in 2015 from Bter. And as far as I know, none of that was ever traced. That's just one of the mixers that I used. So I'm not at all worried.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Edit2: I should mention that the current status of Bitcoin Fog is unclear. See their Bitcoin Fog thread. So best don't use them.
    - mirimir 7y ago
      Make that "... Bitcoin Forum thread".
  - StavrosK 7y ago
    Spending anonymously is much easier if you hold Monero and send Bitcoin through xmr.to.
    - mirimir 7y ago
      Well, at xmr.to: > We can recommend Monerujo on Android and Cake Wallet on iOS. These wallets integrate natively with XMR.to. I don't use either Android or iOS. Do you recommend a suitable Linux wallet?
      - StavrosK 7y ago
        Just use the official Monero wallet, the only difference is that you'll need to visit xmr.to to enter the Bitcoin address you want to pay to instead of doing it in-app.
        mirimir 7y ago
        OK, thanks.

y4mi 7y ago

Bitcoin isn't anonymous. The ledger is public and your wallet has to be linked to you only once for every purchase you've done to be entirely attributed to you. This can even happen years after you've deleted the wallet key and moved on to a new wallet.

mirimir 7y ago
Sorry, forgot to mention mixing multiple times, using multiple Electrum wallets, in multiple Whonix VMs via Tor, using different mixing services, etc, etc, etc. So sure, all that Mirimir spends is linked. But nothing is linked to my other personas, or to me in meatspace. Edit: Bitcoin Fog was used to mix thousands of Bitcoin from at least two thefts. In 2013 from Sheep Marketplace, and in 2015 from Bter. And as far as I know, none of that was ever traced. That's just one of the mixers that I used. So I'm not at all worried.
- mirimir 7y ago
  Edit2: I should mention that the current status of Bitcoin Fog is unclear. See their Bitcoin Fog thread. So best don't use them.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Make that "... Bitcoin Forum thread".
- StavrosK 7y ago
  Spending anonymously is much easier if you hold Monero and send Bitcoin through xmr.to.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Well, at xmr.to: > We can recommend Monerujo on Android and Cake Wallet on iOS. These wallets integrate natively with XMR.to. I don't use either Android or iOS. Do you recommend a suitable Linux wallet?
    - StavrosK 7y ago
      Just use the official Monero wallet, the only difference is that you'll need to visit xmr.to to enter the Bitcoin address you want to pay to instead of doing it in-app.
      - mirimir 7y ago
        OK, thanks.