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How Anonymous Is Bitcoin, Really?
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- tromp 4y agoNot so much, really. See https://forum.grin.mw/t/scalability-vs-privacy-chart https://forum.grin.mw/t/scalability-vs-privacy-chart for a comparison of privacy levels (as well as tradeoff with scalability) across various blockchains.
- sa501428 4y agoLink to the preprint: https://aidenlab.org/bitcoin.pdf https://aidenlab.org/bitcoin.pdf Coindesk articles: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/new-research-unearths-insights-into-satoshi-and-bitcoins-early-days/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/new-research-unea... https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/the-decentralized-mystique/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/the-decentralized... https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/even-giants-started-out-small-cooperation-and-the-early-days-of-bitcoin/ https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/06/07/even-giants-start...
- ephbit 4y agoOf course there are downsides to Bitcoin not being anonymous. Wealthy people don't tend to like everybody else knowing just how and in which form they're wealthy. That said, I'm tempted to think that Bitcoin not being anonymous is overall a good thing. Thinking about the fact that Finland, Norway and Sweden apparently make peoples' tax information public. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article182018561.html https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/arti...