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Bitcoin is continually referred to as "anonymous" in the press, but it is just the opposite [1]. Maybe confusion over what cryptographically secure identificati

by aklein 13y ago

Bitcoin is continually referred to as "anonymous" in the press, but it is just the opposite [1]. Maybe confusion over what cryptographically secure identification is? Some simple network analysis on the public ledger can reveal a whole lot of "identifying" info ... [1] http://bitcoin.org/en/faq#is-bitcoin-anonymous http://bitcoin.org/en/faq#is-bitcoin-anonymous

wmf 13y ago
To a layman, anything less than "know your customer" is "anonymous".
- Sambdala 13y ago
  The layman is going to be familiar with "Know Your Customer"?
- nitrogen 13y ago
  This is a dangerous oversimplification that can lead to gross misunderstandings.
- est 13y ago
  But once you know a little bit of your customer means know basically everything?