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Title: tracking bitcoiners Post by: fastcrab on April 17, 2013, 05:45:35 AM I have recently tried to buy bitcoins and was irked with the amount of validation needed to aquire said coins (from USA). Is it paranoid to think there is a database to translate bitcoin addresses to people?
Please correct me if I am wrong here - The blockchain ledger contains all transactions. By linking a person to a bitcoin address you can see all of that persons transactions. One such way to link this is to gather personal information before allowing said person to purchase bitcoins. The only anonymous transactions possible now is by mining coins, and mining to a different bitcoin address at regular intervals. Do you think this design was intentional? I would rather see corporate and goverment ledgers, instead of an individual's ledger. Title: Re: tracking bitcoiners Post by: Midas Mulligan on April 17, 2013, 05:58:54 AM Why not use localbitcoins.com and find someone to trade with locally for cash? You can send the transaction through blockchain.info's mixer if you're paranoid.
Title: Re: tracking bitcoiners Post by: DannyHamilton on April 17, 2013, 04:53:44 PM I have recently tried to buy bitcoins and was irked with the amount of validation needed to aquire said coins (from USA). Is it paranoid to think there is a database to translate bitcoin addresses to people? Please correct me if I am wrong here - The blockchain ledger contains all transactions. By linking a person to a bitcoin address you can see all of that persons transactions. One such way to link this is to gather personal information before allowing said person to purchase bitcoins. The only anonymous transactions possible now is by mining coins, and mining to a different bitcoin address at regular intervals. Do you think this design was intentional? I would rather see corporate and goverment ledgers, instead of an individual's ledger. Mail me cash. I'll send you bitcoins. Problem solved. You have your anonymity. Title: Re: tracking bitcoiners Post by: biosupdate on April 17, 2013, 05:01:34 PM You do have to be careful if you wish to stay anonymous. Buy with cash through https://bitfloor.com/ or https://localbitcoins.com/ . You need to use Tor from https://www.torproject.org/ to access and spend your bitcoins.
Title: Re: tracking bitcoiners Post by: DannyHamilton on April 17, 2013, 05:02:46 PM You do have to be careful if you wish to stay anonymous. Buy with cash through https://bitfloor.com/ or https://localbitcoins.com/ . You need to use Tor from https://www.torproject.org/ to access and spend your bitcoins. Can you access EDIT: As of 2013-04-17 BitFloor has ceased all operations. |