If you understand the steps required to keep it anonymous then it can be perfectly anonymous. It requires the creation of new wallets, and the tumbling of coins to insure they cannot be traced. Look up guides on the forums if you are worried about having your transactions traceable, and purchase coins locally using services that do not track your IP address (TOR, internet cafe, etc)
No it can't be anonymous. Perhaps you did not understand my prior post. Mixers (tumblers, zerocoin, etc) do not obscure your IP address. Tor is vulnerable to timing analysis. Internet cafes have cameras. Etc..
And the main point you missed is that if most are not anonymous, then anonymity becomes useless for everyone. Go re-read my post and try to wrap your slow brain around it.
What would be an example of something that is truly anonymous to you, if it even exists?
This will be explained in an upcoming whitepaper. The technical issue is too complex to summarize effectively here, yet it can be quite automatic for the users.
I expect a full report from you on my complete bitcoin history complete with my gps coordinates at the time of my spends/receives (if I have any) by tomorrow morning.
I don't have the full resources of the NSA. The IRS does. Ditto other countries such as UK and China, and countries will all share data any way in the coming hunt for all wealth to pay for the $150 trillion global debt coming crashing down after 2016.
We will lose most all our net worth. We will go into a very bad period for mankind.
Well Satoshi has remained anonymous and plenty of people have tried to find him. This leads me to believe that anonymity is possible by only the most skilled professionals. The average Joe will leave a trail.
Why would the NSA reveal their own identity. Do you all believe in the Three Little Pigs (fairy tales) too.
