So 16+ Million mined
Anyone want to put estimates on useless coins
Ones that will never be in exchange circulation?
I'd say it's it's 4 to 5 million
The 1 million Mt Gox will never go through exchanges
The 1 million or so the feds can't open in silk road
The 1 million or so Satoshi's controls it would instantly reveal him
Then 1 to 2 million in lost wallets or so
The concept BTC is anonymous is humorous
As soon as you try to move coins to Fiat through an exchange like coinbase the wallet is fully revealed
Remember it's a public ledger, where every coin since day one has been fully tracked
So while u are off the exchanges radar the wallet is anonymous but trying to move it into Fiat or other coins via the main exchanges the cloak of anonminity is removed.
Plus the big exchanges don't let you move big Fiat out
Think about it, you acquired coins, now you want to turn some in via an exchange, do you know how much ID u have to give up on coinbase?
So off line wallets are anonymous until you transfer to an exchange.
That's how 200k of the Mt Gox hacked coins got tracked already.
So what BTC really is, is the ultimate tool to track every move forever.
Anyway, not to go off on a tangent with the anonymous issue, I'm just trying to see if others like me are trying to figure out just what is usable in the total pool.
16 mil is small pool, but u strip out 4-5 million it's way smaller.
So if you sitting on stacks of BTC and some are tainted, I personally think exchanges expose your whole wallet.
Thoughts?
You've got what's on my mind.
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It is blockchain that can tract everyone that uses it, You can stay anonymous as long you don't cash out the coins that you have but there is no one here that wont cash out their coins if they needed some flat.
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