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I think the pseudonymous problem you are stating is a huge problem for wide adoption. If you are able to associate a key with a person, you know all the transac

I think the pseudonymous problem you are stating is a huge problem for wide adoption. If you are able to associate a key with a person, you know all the transactions done by some one (of course, with that wallet) You can take extra measures to have multiple wallets, etc, but it can be difficult to truly understand the risks and it could need an extra effort that, simply, is not going to be assumed by lots of people. I'm pretty sure that wallets associated with service and product providers will be easy to figure out, so you can learn A LOT of sensible information about someone... I guess that the risk will be low, but the consequences could be huge.

zanny 14y ago
Currently, using any accepted online transaction policy forcibly immediately associates a real identity with it every time. Bitcoin makes acting anonymously possible, it just requires work. Those that want the anonymity can put in the work to be anonymous, whereas everyone else gets the ease of use of associating keys with people.
- anologwintermut 14y ago
  By accepted online transaction systems I assume you mean visa, paypal, dwolla, etc. In that case two points 1) If you are willing to accepted centralized systems , than my second citation gets you complete anonymity. 2) At least with those systems, your information isn't public to everyone.