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Title: Bitcoin transactions are scarily traceable... Post by: Haxxy on June 07, 2011, 03:28:25 PM Well, sort of.
Any website which you provide your bitcoin address to can associate that with your IP address. Unless you're on Tor or something, isn't this a bit of a cause for concern? Title: Re: Bitcoin transactions are scarily traceable... Post by: jashan on June 07, 2011, 05:04:41 PM Have a look at the Wiki - there's a link to Anonymity from Weaknesses ... well, here you go
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses#Tracing_a_coin_s_history Personally, I don't see this as a problem, as it makes the currency very transparent in principle. If you want to be fully anonymous, you need to put serious effort into that. Title: Re: Bitcoin transactions are scarily traceable... Post by: Jaime Frontero on June 07, 2011, 05:20:03 PM Well, sort of. Any website which you provide your bitcoin address to can associate that with your IP address. Unless you're on Tor or something, isn't this a bit of a cause for concern? from "scarily traceable"... to "a bit of a cause for concern"... to "Unless you're on Tor". what's your point? Title: Re: Bitcoin transactions are scarily traceable... Post by: titeuf_87 on June 07, 2011, 05:35:32 PM Any website you visit already has your IP address, unless you're visiting it through Tor, so they have your address already anyways.
Title: Re: Bitcoin transactions are scarily traceable... Post by: Danny Crane on June 07, 2011, 05:42:56 PM The website keep your ip, nothing about the bitcoin.
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