Has anyone here ever actually received an anonymous donation?

[bitpop]

Yeah it feels good no matter the amount

[mcleo]

Never, but then up until a few days ago I never had a public address.

[jameschase]

From here or anywhere?  If so how much

No actually I didn't. Guess I am not charming enough

[Lauda]

Nothing so far.

[tazman2150]

http://givemebitcoins.co.uk

 

[sevensheeps]

Not yet
http://www.planetearthsphere.com/

[Nancarrow]

I have received a few satoshis here and there into addresses that were on the blockchain because I'd spent from them at least once. It wasn't just the addy I have in my signature, but others too. I think this is a fairly well known tactic - somebody wants to link up addresses to get an idea of who owns which address. So they 'spam' the addresses each with a very small amount. Then the recipient *might* post on bitcointalk, "OMG who gave me amount x at address y on date z thank you lol!" and now the sender has made the blockchain just a little less anonymous than it had been before. But even if they don't, as soon as they spend some btc, that little donation likely gets swept up with a bunch of other inputs and now we all know that those inputs are (almost certainly) owned by the same person. Anonymity and therefore privacy are eroded either way.

Not that I mind. Thanks for the coins and I'll just make sure to be more careful about which inputs I link up in my transactions. And/or run 'em through a mixer.

[Welsh]

I've received tips for helping people but I knew who it came from, so I haven't had a donation from a anonymous person.

[BitcoinSteve]

maybe one day I will (ahem)

[Kyt Dotson]

Not yet.

I put up a QR donation code onto my live stream last week just for the hell of it. I mean, why not. I have viewers and fans who have been talking about Bitcoin when it started getting media coverage and I've been covering it for almost 2 years now. I might as well put something up.

[mb300sd]

A few small ones for the code in my sig. I've received much more in spam tx to my large wallet address though.

[Kyt Dotson]

A few small ones for the code in my sig. I've received much more in spam tx to my large wallet address though.

Imagine. Making money by publishing TX to an address in some public space (like say via Twitter, Facebook, web, billboard) for transactions over a particular threshold. (Watch it turn out that someone already does this.)

[xenon481]

Yes, I've actually received two tips (back in 2011) to the address in my signature for a total of 0.01080085 BTC. Likely due to my posts in the BitcoinPool.com threads.

https://blockchain.info/address/171TQ2wJg7bxj2q68VNibU75YZB22b7ZDr

[jubalix]

yes a certain amount of GLD, I asked and it was given, inturn i gave out a lot of what i recieved

[melodiem]

I have received a few satoshis here and there into addresses that were on the blockchain because I'd spent from them at least once. It wasn't just the addy I have in my signature, but others too. I think this is a fairly well known tactic - somebody wants to link up addresses to get an idea of who owns which address. So they 'spam' the addresses each with a very small amount. Then the recipient *might* post on bitcointalk, "OMG who gave me amount x at address y on date z thank you lol!" and now the sender has made the blockchain just a little less anonymous than it had been before.

Um... eep!

Lucky for me anonymity is not my thing