It's really disappointing that none of the developers of these systems thought to add anonymity as a feature. It’s also sad that early adopters--who tend to be

It's really disappointing that none of the developers of these systems thought to add anonymity as a feature. It’s also sad that early adopters--who tend to be hackers/geeks--aren’t demanding anonymous transactions. It could even be limited anonymity, like being untraceable except by sender or recipient. Yeah, we don’t need anonymity to buy coffee (not usually, but see note), but we certainly won’t get it later on for transactions where it is needed if it doesn’t get built in from the beginning. (note) Who were you meeting when you got that coffee? Oh never mind, I can see in the centralized records who bought a coffee immediately before and immediately after you, and also who you reimbursed when you bought two coffees.