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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Discussion => Topic started by: The Bad Guy on November 25, 2014, 05:42:48 PM



Title: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: The Bad Guy on November 25, 2014, 05:42:48 PM
I want to know how Annonymous bitcoin is , I know it's impossible to get your name,adress, age & all your private informations. but still people will be able to see all with your adress (your transactions & moves) on blockchain.info , so is it possible to make off chain transaction , I mean make a transaction without making it show on blockchain.info or blockexplorer or any simillar websites ? :o


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: DannyHamilton on November 25, 2014, 06:52:53 PM
I want to know how Anonymous bitcoin is

Bitcoin itself is not anonymous at all.

Given the proper precautions, bitcoin can be used in an anonymous way, but it requires significant effort and understanding of the methods that you expose your identity when performing transactions.  The amount of effort and understanding required depends on who it is you are trying to hide from.

I know it's impossible to get your name, address, age & all your private information.

Not necessarily.  That depends on who is looking, and what efforts you've made to hide your identity.

but still people will be able to see all with your address (your transactions & moves) on blockchain.info, so is it possible to make off chain transactions?

Yes.  If you are willing to trust other services, then it is possible to make off-chain transactions or to obfuscate your transactions with mixers or coinJoin.

I mean make a transaction without making it show on blockchain.info or blockexplorer or any similar websites?

Yes, but the method depends on what you are trying to accomplish.  You can obfuscate the transaction with CoinJoin or you can trust a third party service to facilitate off-chain transaction.


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on November 25, 2014, 06:59:36 PM
not so much. you have to use other services to make it annonymus.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=362468.msg3878992#msg3878992


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: howzar on November 25, 2014, 07:05:04 PM
not so much. you have to use other services to make it annonymus.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=362468.msg3878992#msg3878992

Apart from the above (it isnt necessary) you can use mixers to 'tumble' coins and return them to you, preventing others from tracking you. Bitmixer.io is an example.


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: Orangina on November 25, 2014, 07:35:58 PM
not so much. you have to use other services to make it annonymus.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=362468.msg3878992#msg3878992

Looks pretty nice , is this service working ?


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: Ron~Popeil on November 25, 2014, 07:49:14 PM
I hate that the word anonymity was ever applied to BTC. People have intentionally used the idea to make our community look like nothing but a bunch of drug users or dealers and degenerate gamblers. Bitcoin is not anonymous without significant knowledge and efforts to hide it's use.


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: BayAreaCoins on November 25, 2014, 07:50:18 PM
Bitcoin itself is not anonymous at all.

 ::)

People have intentionally used the idea to make our community look like nothing but a bunch of drug users or dealers and degenerate gamblers. Bitcoin is not anonymous without significant knowledge efforts to hide it's use.

 ::)

I think I might have hurt myself on how hard I rolled my eyes on the second comment :P


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: tzortz on November 25, 2014, 11:07:50 PM
There are easy ways to be completely anonymous.

No other way of money transaction can be done that easily.


Title: Re: How Annonymus Bitcoin is ?
Post by: AtheistAKASaneBrain on November 25, 2014, 11:11:16 PM
Its anonymous enough. Unless you are like someone important or something, chances are they will not care to spend the resources needed to trace back the transactions you did.