Topic: Bitcoin anonymous? (Read 2029 times)
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You can use it anonymously if you know exactly how to do it (hiding IP, using mixing addresses, ...).
Use Blockchain's sharedcoin service for every transaction. It may not be perfect but its free and 100x more anonymous than regular bitcoin transactions
What's this sharedcoin thing? Is it on blockchain.info or something else?
It is a service provided by blockchain.info.
You can find it in the "Send Money" section after logging in your blockchain.info wallet (on the left hand side panel).
Use Blockchain's sharedcoin service for every transaction. It may not be perfect but its free and 100x more anonymous than regular bitcoin transactions
What's this sharedcoin thing? Is it on blockchain.info or something else?
Bitcoin is not anonymous by default, but there are definitely ways to be more anonymous with it. I wouldn't say that it can't be anonymous. There are trustless mixers already, and there are lots of people working on other (trustless, and non-trustless) solutions to anonymity
I wish all these solutions would be implemented by default.
Use Blockchain's sharedcoin service for every transaction. It may not be perfect but its free and 100x more anonymous than regular bitcoin transactions
Why couldn't make they Bitcoin totally anonymous? this is kinda sucky. I dont want to know that i moved money to another country or some shit, no one wants that but thats the point of Bitcoin, so why not make it anonymous from the let go?
Well, the core devs could change the code of the program, but unless the majority of bitcoin users support the change, it will just create a new hard-forked altcoin.
Bitcoin is not anonymous by default, but there are definitely ways to be more anonymous with it. I wouldn't say that it can't be anonymous. There are trustless mixers already, and there are lots of people working on other (trustless, and non-trustless) solutions to anonymity
Why couldn't make they Bitcoin totally anonymous? this is kinda sucky. I dont want to know that i moved money to another country or some shit, no one wants that but thats the point of Bitcoin, so why not make it anonymous from the let go?
Bitcoin isn't anonymous, if you want to hide something maybe it's better to try some altcoins built with that in mind.
It's partially anonimous, the transactions can be tracked through blockexplorer's websites but if someone use often the mixing services, it's really hard to follow their routes.
Even if mixed if he would go to spend it someone would know he is receiving item/service if you buy something.
My advice is if your that worried about what your spending it on you should rethink what your buying.
It's partially anonimous, the transactions can be tracked through blockexplorer's websites but if someone use often the mixing services, it's really hard to follow their routes.
It's not. You still have the information written in a public ledger, called block chain.
No its not
Not entirely true.
Anonymity on bitcoin is largely depend on how you use it.
Bitcoin transaction is public. Everyone can see it on the blockchain.
But if you do things right, it should be very hard to connect the bitcoin address to the person behind it.
But if you do things right, it should be very hard to connect the bitcoin address to the person behind it.
Bitcoin is not anonymous, you can see all the transcations on blockchain.info. Monero is a truely anonymous coin.
Bitcoin is anonymous is the fact that it's not a centralized currency like the other e-currencies and doesn't need any verification,But the transactions are public so its semi anonymous
I would use XMR if you are looking for total anonimity tho
It is to a certain extent but once you use your address you no longer have the same amount of privacy that you had before which is why it is wise to use different addresses to keep your privacy if you wish to.
it is not anonymous as soon as you write your address in some place in the internet that address is not anonymous any more and linked transactions with that address may not be anonymous either
And that's why you should never ever reuse your addresses if you want to have better privacy.
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