Is Bitcoin really anonymous? - page 2.

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on October 09, 2013, 07:51:46 AM

Quote from: hulk on October 09, 2013, 06:57:14 AM

That is why I create lots of lots of bitcoin address, one for real life, one for bitcoin forum and etc. This way I can reduce the expose

This is one of the reasons why I use a new address for EVERY TRANSACTION I receive and I NEVER RE-USE an address I've used in the past.

But only if you care about anonymity, otherwise it seems bit administrative complicated

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on October 09, 2013, 07:51:46 AM

Quote from: hulk on October 09, 2013, 06:57:14 AM

That is why I create lots of lots of bitcoin address, one for real life, one for bitcoin forum and etc. This way I can reduce the expose

This is one of the reasons why I use a new address for EVERY TRANSACTION I receive and I NEVER RE-USE an address I've used in the past.

Best idea

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Quote from: hulk on October 09, 2013, 06:57:14 AM

That is why I create lots of lots of bitcoin address, one for real life, one for bitcoin forum and etc. This way I can reduce the expose

This is one of the reasons why I use a new address for EVERY TRANSACTION I receive and I NEVER RE-USE an address I've used in the past.

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Quote from: zeus376 on October 09, 2013, 01:08:21 AM

I am a bit confused here, since the blockchain of the Bitcoin is public, anyone can get the complete transactions of the Bitcoin. If someone knows your wallet address, he can look all the transactions you made and where your Bitcoins flow to.

It won't be difficult to write an analysis software, to find out the links among wallets, and the usage of bitcoins. So from this sense, there's no real anonymity with Bitcoin. Do I miss something there?

That is why I create lots of lots of bitcoin address, one for real life, one for bitcoin forum and etc. This way I can reduce the expose

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Bitcoin could be anonymous if you know what are you doing. Like using a mixer and other things I cannot disclose here.

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Yea, while you may be able to track where the money went, unless you see an address that belongs to a company that could give the ip of the person using their services, there is no way to connect a transaction with a person. Even then, that person might be using something like Tor which would make it very unlikely you would ever be able to know who a person was.

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you could use the shared feature form blockchain.info or inputs.io to hide your transactions. probably the easiest way to ensure a higher anonymity

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If you go to a store and pay with cash are you anonymous? If go deposit cash to you bank account are you anonymous? If you mailed someone some cash are you anonymous? So just like with cash the level of anonymity is up to you and none of it is 100% since by definition a transaction takes two parties and the other party must know something about you even if it's just your bitcoin address.

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Bitcoin can be anonymous, but you have to put the effort in.

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Bitcoin is not anonymous automatically.

Bitcoin can be used in an anonymous way, but it takes a lot of effort and knowledge.

Anonymity can mean different things to different people. For "true anonymity" it needs to be 100% impossible for ANYBODY to know that you even have any bitcoin. This sort of anonymity isn't impossible with bitcoin, but it certainly isn't easy. In most cases the person or business that sells you the bitcoin has some sort of identifying information about you (Name or userID on some website at a minimum) and the person or business that accepts bitcoin from you frequently has some sort of identifying information about you as well (mailing address, physical description, etc).

The average bitcoin user gives up a lot of anonymity without even realizing it.

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If someone told you Bitcoin is anonymous, please punch them in the teeth for us. Bitcoin is, at best, pseudonymous. Analysis software, however, won't help a snoop if the Bitcoins are laundered properly. In proper laundering you get many other peoples' coins sent to fresh addresses presumably not linked to your legal identity. Someone could probably tell it was laundered, but have great difficulty trying to figure out where "your" coins went (if even possible).

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Quote from: zeus376 on October 09, 2013, 01:08:21 AM

I am a bit confused here, since the blockchain of the Bitcoin is public, anyone can get the complete transactions of the Bitcoin. If someone knows your wallet address, he can look all the transactions you made and where your Bitcoins flow to.

It won't be difficult to write an analysis software, to find out the links among wallets, and the usage of bitcoins. So from this sense, there's no real anonymity with Bitcoin. Do I miss something there?

Try to tie the bitcoin address to a person. Thats the hard part.
Yes, their is definitly a "paper trail" but not much more than that.

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I am a bit confused here, since the blockchain of the Bitcoin is public, anyone can get the complete transactions of the Bitcoin. If someone knows your wallet address, he can look all the transactions you made and where your Bitcoins flow to.

It won't be difficult to write an analysis software, to find out the links among wallets, and the usage of bitcoins. So from this sense, there's no real anonymity with Bitcoin. Do I miss something there?

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