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As he said in the post he got his bitcoins face to face. Unless the person he met knew him, knowing the blockchain is useless.
by leobelle 13y ago
As he said in the post he got his bitcoins face to face. Unless the person he met knew him, knowing the blockchain is useless.
- dllthomas 13y agoYou are never leaking less than you think. There is information in the bitcoin chain. It is not likely to be useful without pairing it with other information (and there are ways to make that harder), but I'd be more than hesitant to say "useless" - and certainly leery of betting my freedom or significant amounts of my privacy on it. That said, it is clearly better against at least some threats than other available payment systems, in terms of anonymity.
- zwily 13y agoFor that side of the transaction, sure. But one day he'll probably move those coins around, and he'll have to be careful not to be traced there too.