How can the government discover I own BTC, let's say I'm from Venezuela where crypto is banned, what they can do to discover and arrest me?
The government will not be able to trace any bitcoin to you unless you are careless tagging any bitcoin address to your name, such as local exchanges which the government has access to 
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Since bitcoin transactions is anonymous, no one can trace that its you.Never tell anyone that you own a bitcoin. Dont trust anyone. Especially those exchangers that needs KYC that may reveal your identity.
No it is not anonymous, where did you get that notion? It is pseudonymous, meaning, that your addresses acts like pseudonyms (facades) for your identity and very very (doubling intended) public. If you do KYC or leak your house IP even once, all your addresses may be linked to you.
generally, bitcoin cannot be tracked for every user he or she resides in or where in which country. This is what makes bitcoin unique, because unlike banks in the country that have complete data on each user who has a wallet in the bank. in this bitcoin, no data to be filled can only be traced through transactions only between cryptocurrencies
gouvernement get data from exchanges and mining companies ... etc, if you own any exchange account that oblige you to prove your identity maybe this is the only way they can know some info about you
Since bitcoin transactions is anonymous, no one can trace that its you.Never tell anyone that you own a bitcoin. Dont trust anyone. Especially those exchangers that needs KYC that may reveal your identity.
I think that much has been written here, but in fact, neither, it's only the honesty of everyone in front of their state!
How can the government discover I own BTC, let's say I'm from Venezuela where crypto is banned, what they can do to discover and arrest me?
First, they may come upon you when you trade (if you trade) personally those bitcoins, or maybe just use an agent to impersonate as a crypto-dealer.Besides that, they can try to monitor the IPs used to execute transactions. If there is such a traffic coming via the ISP registered to your house, well, they can know about it.
Generally, please note that if some information is leaked involving the public address, then they can use blockchain and public transactions to track it to next addresses you might be using.
I recommend caution: use VPNs or public networks, deal in person only if you know the dealer.
No they cannot arrest you even if it is ban on your country because you have no ground for anything that can lead to arresting on you. There is no way also that government could trace that you have bitcoin holdings it is just that if the government ban crypto in your country then you could hardly get a local exchange for your crypto holdings to fiat.
Yes you have a point, this is really hard to trace bitcoin owner but if a local exchange will give our personal details then there will be the time the government can trace our identity, because many exchanges now are requiring kyc.
Bitcoin is not traced because its users can make it without giving their real name, so I do not think you can catch them how they know you have btc while BTC does not mention the name of the BTC owner.
I think its hard to trace if you buying a bitcoin or you hold a bitcoin because i think if you have a bitcoin your name will not listed so the government did not trace or did not know you even the creation of bitcoin its hard to know how much more the investors its hard to trace.
No they cannot arrest you even if it is ban on your country because you have no ground for anything that can lead to arresting on you. There is no way also that government could trace that you have bitcoin holdings it is just that if the government ban crypto in your country then you could hardly get a local exchange for your crypto holdings to fiat.
when you exchange from bitcoin to your currency. transfer from exchanger to your bank will show you are bitcoin player or not. but if no currency stand in your country, maybe from human than he make report for you.
Bitcoin is not traced because its users can make it without giving their real name, so I do not think you can catch them how they know you have btc while BTC does not mention the name of the BTC owner.
Bitcoin is decentralized which will make it difficult for the government to trace it.
The government can track your bitcoin if you are making cashouts through a registered fiat exchange. Unless you are making cashouts thru peer to peer transaction.
I agree with you but if the country don't create some structure that can track you, you can work as fish in the sea inside your country.
The government can track your bitcoin if you are making cashouts through a registered fiat exchange. Unless you are making cashouts thru peer to peer transaction.
I agree with you but if the country don't create some structure that can track you, you can work as fish in the sea inside your country.
Bitcoin is decentralize and there is no possible way to track down your transaction/info unless they were able to log in into your wallet. And that would be easy for the government, but if they do hack you, it's a breach of privacy.
Bitcoin is not traced because its users can make it without giving their real name, so I do not think you can catch them how they know you have btc while BTC does not mention the name of the BTC owner.
The rate at which almost all the exchangers are making it compulsory for the users to summit means of identification during registration will make it possible for government to trace any owner of bitcoin. I would have like exchangers to operate without making the KYC process compulsory.
bitcoin has blockchain technology that has decentralized system and It's not easy and Government can not track bitcoin owners because it can not be traced and only the number of bitcoins that can be seen
It is more than easy and you do not need to be from the FBI in order to trace bitcoin or something more related to that, just find a bitcoin address, and you will be able to look up for a lot of information, well ,the government has many other ways to find it out
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