Yes, but the general perception of bitcoin is that it is completely anonymous. Where it in practice probably is, if you don't take any precautions, the least an

Yes, but the general perception of bitcoin is that it is completely anonymous. Where it in practice probably is, if you don't take any precautions, the least anonymous currency in the world, where everyone can inspect the transaction history of coins and anyone with decent turn-over can map out a lot. Trivially (these databases will, of course, be sold and leaked). And since most services at some point require you to reveal yourself mapping out individuals from bitcoin transactions isn't exactly difficult. The sad part is that since the history is public, if you goof up and reveal your identity sometime in 2015 your actions of today might also get revealed. To any third party. Potentially way worse than any sort of currency ever used; but the only thing people talk about is how bitcoin is this anonymous currency...