Topic: Why Anonymity so important to you? - page 8. (Read 9438 times)
It's not important to me as i'm not doing anything i should be afraid of, but, i do understand that there are many LEGAL situations where ppl need anonimity and it's cool to know that if i eve need to "dissapear" for some time, BTC in combination with other tools can help.
I want a digital version of cash. I cant buy into a poker game with a check, paypal, or a VISA card
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
Precisely my point.
It's pretty much impossible for the common person to be using BTC.
There's another thread on here where it's said that your IP address will always be associated with your wallet.
So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
If you run a business, you don't want people to figure out who your buyers and suppliers are.
In some industries *cough*porn*cough* what you are doing is perfectly legal but stalkers are crazy.
Yup. Also, if i were to buy something ilegal (not that i've ever bought anything ilegal) but if someone wants to go to say SilkRoad, why would they use Bitcoin if something like XMR exists tho? Like why would you want to leave traces on the blockchain or whatnot? I don't know.
Isn't all of this solved if you just create a diffrent recieving address each time tho? It's a bit of a pain in the ass but should do the job.
Why not use ltc of dark coin or what not?
So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
If you run a business, you don't want people to figure out who your buyers and suppliers are.
In some industries *cough*porn*cough* what you are doing is perfectly legal but stalkers are crazy.
Yup. Also, if i were to buy something ilegal (not that i've ever bought anything ilegal) but if someone wants to go to say SilkRoad, why would they use Bitcoin if something like XMR exists tho? Like why would you want to leave traces on the blockchain or whatnot? I don't know.
Isn't all of this solved if you just create a diffrent recieving address each time tho? It's a bit of a pain in the ass but should do the job.
Yeah well, until you - at some point - forward the BTC in those addresses to some address on an exchange or pool them all in one address. It only remains anonymous as long as it isn't connected to some known entity (address)
So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.
But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?
I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?
If you run a business, you don't want people to figure out who your buyers and suppliers are.
In some industries *cough*porn*cough* what you are doing is perfectly legal but stalkers are crazy.
Yup. Also, if i were to buy something ilegal (not that i've ever bought anything ilegal) but if someone wants to go to say SilkRoad, why would they use Bitcoin if something like XMR exists tho? Like why would you want to leave traces on the blockchain or whatnot? I don't know.
Isn't all of this solved if you just create a diffrent recieving address each time tho? It's a bit of a pain in the ass but should do the job.
There are so many things going wrong these days. Databases leak on a weekly basis. You just buy something at Target and suddenly it appears that your Credit Card information got stolen. If you can't trust people to handle your data responsibly you just have to take care of that yourself!
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
Precisely my point.
It's pretty much impossible for the common person to be using BTC.
There's another thread on here where it's said that your IP address will always be associated with your wallet.
Elite private proxies anyone?
To the common person that's plausible.
What about the black hats.
How are they going to be anonymous with exhanges when the gov comes and busts them down?
Oh, Probecito!
I AM the "Blackhat" to whom you refer.
LOL!
You don't think we can get around all of that?
Think again.
Have a nice whitehat day while the government fucks you to death.
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
Precisely my point.
It's pretty much impossible for the common person to be using BTC.
There's another thread on here where it's said that your IP address will always be associated with your wallet.
Elite private proxies anyone?
To the common person that's plausible.
What about the black hats.
How are they going to be anonymous with exhanges when the gov comes and busts them down?
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
Precisely my point.
It's pretty much impossible for the common person to be using BTC.
There's another thread on here where it's said that your IP address will always be associated with your wallet.
Elite private proxies anyone?
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
Precisely my point.
It's pretty much impossible for the common person to be using BTC.
There's another thread on here where it's said that your IP address will always be associated with your wallet.
I don't want to spam this tread with tons of darkcoin related info but as there seems to be some interest in Cryptocoins that can provide the kind of blockchain privacy lacking from bitcoin ATM.
So I willl post this illustration from darkcointalk showing how the current implementation protects the end user from unwanted identification via blockchain analysis .
So I willl post this illustration from darkcointalk showing how the current implementation protects the end user from unwanted identification via blockchain analysis .
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Bitcoin has no privacy (all transactions are public). If you want to reclaim some privacy, you need to be anonymous. Unfortunately, Bitcoin only supports pseudo-annonymity: meaning any anonymity (and resulting privacy) is fragile.
There are some newer Cryptocoins that tout anonymity using various methods of blockchain obfuscation ,of these Darkcoin has the most promise IMO as the development team has been the most transparent and have come up with several unique inovations that other coins were quick to clone.
Darkcoins unique Darksend+ blockchain obfuscation system is currently undergoing an independent code and feature review from noted Crypographer and Crypto coin expert Kristov Atlas, the results of Kristov's analysis are due in about a week
Darkcoins unique Darksend+ blockchain obfuscation system is currently undergoing an independent code and feature review from noted Crypographer and Crypto coin expert Kristov Atlas, the results of Kristov's analysis are due in about a week
As I understand it, Darkcoin just uses CoinJoin transactions that you can already do with Bitcoin. The unrelated darkwallet should let you do the same thing with stock Bitcoin.
I think that Crypotnote-based currencies show the most promise for privacy. They use "ring signatures" to obfuscate who spent specific coins. Double spending is stopped by something they call a "key image" that is somehow tied to your private key. They also split up the denominations of transactions like darksend+ apparently does.
Although the Darksend functionality of Darkcoin was originally based on coinjoin it has undergone at least 3 major rewrites since it was implemented and is now far more versatile and effective as a method of trustless blockchain obfuscation.
The main advantages over Ring sigs are the lack of any blockchain bloating ( Darkcoin blockchain = 300mb ish) and the fact that the API is unchanged from Bitcoins so merchant adoption is straightforward and proven whereas all the Cryptonote/Ring Signature based coins will require a complete API rewrite from the merchant side before they will be able to process payments.
There are some newer Cryptocoins that tout anonymity using various methods of blockchain obfuscation ,of these Darkcoin has the most promise IMO as the development team has been the most transparent and have come up with several unique inovations that other coins were quick to clone.
Darkcoins unique Darksend+ blockchain obfuscation system is currently undergoing an independent code and feature review from noted Crypographer and Crypto coin expert Kristov Atlas, the results of Kristov's analysis are due in about a week
Darkcoins unique Darksend+ blockchain obfuscation system is currently undergoing an independent code and feature review from noted Crypographer and Crypto coin expert Kristov Atlas, the results of Kristov's analysis are due in about a week
As I understand it, Darkcoin just uses CoinJoin transactions that you can already do with Bitcoin. The unrelated darkwallet should let you do the same thing with stock Bitcoin.
I think that Crypotnote-based currencies show the most promise for privacy. They use "ring signatures" to obfuscate who spent specific coins. Double spending is stopped by something they call a "key image" that is somehow tied to your private key. They also split up the denominations of transactions like darksend+ apparently does.
I think it's great to be able to buy stuff online without using your credit card or giving them the ability to steal your identity. Why would someone need to know what I'm buying online, maan?
It is important for me. My financial position or personal information is known by third parties who may abuse all the information. Other parties intends to push advertisement to us based on the info they get.It is so annoying.
Anonymity is very important. It's not only for those who have something to hide, but for people who merely value their privacy. Just because we arent doing anything wrong doesnt mean it's ok for the government to therefor peer into our lives. This blanket surveilance they have has got to stop.
It seems most people don't know the difference between private and anonymous. They are listing reasons why they want privacy, not anonymity.
Kind of true.I for one like my privacy.
But being anonymous is kind of strange to me.
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