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There's a common view that the anonymity of Bitcoin is a design goal, instead of it being a design artifact. Making a non-anonymous currency is extremely diffi
by andrewla 13y ago
There's a common view that the anonymity of Bitcoin is a design goal, instead of it being a design artifact. Making a non-anonymous currency is extremely difficult, not least because the notion of "identity" is hard to define in a decentralized manner.
Given that addresses exist and can be used to sign messages, Bitcoins are, to a significant extent, less anonymous than cash, which is already widely used.
- rikacomet 13y agobut that brings us back to the same question asked again and again: What is the need for over the top anonymity? When were our hearts so fragile?
- mindslight 13y agoThis conversation is so fucking bizarre. Repeat after me: bitcoin is not anonymous. If anonymity was a design goal (and it should have been, because otherwise you don't actually have money), it didn't even attempt to address this goal.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> If anonymity was a design goal (and it should have been, because otherwise you don't actually have money) Wait, what?