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1  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Today i opened acc on Bittrex.com what i should do next? on: April 23, 2020, 09:21:01 AM
Maybe if you have some skills which are in demand ,you could offer these skills in exchange for BTC. Huh
 
2  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Questions around Pseudonymity and regaining Pseudonymity on: January 10, 2020, 01:34:39 PM
Thanks for your response.

I hadn't considered using a mixing service.I will do some research on the topic.

Im still having a hard time understanding the 3rd option, At the end i End up with some ZEC in a wallet,
but this still needs to be exchanged for BTC on an exchange? Which would put me back in the same scenario, ie some BTC on an exchange that my identity is linked to?
Or is my understanding wrong in this case?

Seems as if using a mixer is the best option.


Well, there are different trains of tought on the best option... Mixing is defenately the easyest option of the 3... But you'll need to put your trust in the mixing service... If i'm not mistaking Theymos (The admin) isn't a big fan of mixing services for this very reason... What if the mixer is a scam or a honeypot? What if they made mistakes in their security protocol, what if their servers get seized?
But, if you trust them, a mixer is a cheap and fast method Smiley

The 3th option isn't that hard either:

You controll unspent outputs funding your address, let's call it 1BtcAddressA. At this point, you go to an (on-the-fly) exchange and exchange your BTC to (for example) XMR (or ZEC or Verge or...). You create an XMR  wallet on your hardware wallet (or desktop wallet) and withdraw the XMR to your local wallet (you now have an unspent output on the XMR network funding address 4XmrAddressB). Since this is a high anonimity coin, only the exchange knows they funded 4XmrAddressB. Now, you either create a second new XMR wallet (or a new address within the same wallet if you trust yourself not to start mixing unspent outputs) and you use the unspent output funding 4XmrAddressB to fund 4XmrAddressC. At this point, the link is completely broken.
Now, you use a different exchange to exchange the unspent outputs funding 4XmrAddressC on the XMR network for an unspent output on the bitcoin network funding a brand new address on a new wallet (1BtcAddressD).

At this point the link is completely broken. If you're paranoid, you can perform these steps over Tor and VPN, or you can mix several methods just to be sure...

Edit: it's friday, i'm bored, i added a visual aid... Copyright: Me  Grin



Thanks for your efforts, your response has cleared up the pros/cons of the available options to me now.
Also the visual aid helped in clearing up the Friday fog.



3  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Questions around Pseudonymity and regaining Pseudonymity on: January 10, 2020, 11:28:26 AM
Thanks for your response.

I hadn't considered using a mixing service.I will do some research on the topic.

Im still having a hard time understanding the 3rd option, At the end i End up with some ZEC in a wallet,
but this still needs to be exchanged for BTC on an exchange? Which would put me back in the same scenario, ie some BTC on an exchange that my identity is linked to?
Or is my understanding wrong in this case?

Seems as if using a mixer is the best option.
4  Other / Beginners & Help / Questions around Pseudonymity and regaining Pseudonymity on: January 10, 2020, 10:48:34 AM
Hi all,

Some years ago I purchased a small amount of bitcoin via CoinBase.From CoinBase I sent the coins to different exchanges for trading ect.
All of the exchanges(that are still around), require/required KYC.My identity is linked to those accounts.
So my coins are linked to me, is it true that :

 given any one of the addresses I have used people with enough skill(or gov's ect ) could determine my identity?
 given any one of the addresses I have used people with enough skill could determine my IP Address?
 What level of skill is required to deduce the information above?

If my assumption above is true is, how can i regain some Pseudonymity while keeping my current coins?


Thanks in advance
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