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bitcoins don't provide anonymity.
by Smirnoff 13y ago
bitcoins don't provide anonymity.
- olalonde 13y agoAnonymity is not a binary variable which is why I worded it "degree of anonymity". I think it should be obvious that credit cards and bank accounts are vastly less anonymous than Bitcoin.
- yelnatz 13y agoBitcoin provides anonymity in the way that it doesn't anchor its addresses with your real life identity. Yes, the addresses are public, but there isn't a way to prove who's who according to addresses alone. Unless of course you publicly attach your identity to one.
- nkuttler 13y agoIt's pretty easy to track coins through transactions and link them to an IP, unless the user knows about this and takes care to prevent it.
- smartwater 13y agoAn IP address is light-years from a real-life identity. Without a warrant, there's not a chance of figuring out even the account holders name-- which could be different from the person who actually performed the transaction. It could be a neighbor, a friend, a roommate, anyone else who ever had the wifi password, the possibilities are endless.
- nkuttler 13y agoIf anonymity is a concern getting a court order doesn't sound like a big deal. Even if not, you vastly overestimate the anonymity an IP provides, and if anonymity is a concern legal deniability isn't a big win either. You also ignore that you could potentially get dozens or hundreds of IP addresses. Anonymity, like security, is hard, and has layers.
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