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My point is that it is possible to get and spend bitcoins anonymously, by trading electricity for coins. This: > Bitcoin does not have anonymity; ... is thus

• shardling 14y ago
  But since the end game of bitcoin is that basically no new coins will be mined, how does that matter?
  • dllthomas 14y ago
    You can still get coins to a fresh account through transaction fees.
• dllthomas 14y ago
  And I reiterate, that's not what people care about. We don't, primarily, target drug users; we target dealers. You can't receive and then spend bitcoins without there being patterns in the network that should be worrisome for anyone wishing to retain strict anonymity. This can be attacked further through policy (merchants must register accounts and can only deal with registered accounts), &c, to undermine flow of anonymous value. From an anonymity standpoint it is certainly a better situation than using your mastercard (or even someone else's mastercard, maybe) but it's not as anonymous as physical transfer of value with no record.