where is the anonimity?

[Snorek]

You can use blockchain.info via Tor. So if you create a wallet this way, it would be next to impossible to prove it's yours. After that, with several addresses and if you're smart, all your transactions will be very private. But everything depends on what you do. If you order a pizza, the company which delivers it to your door will know your street address.

Bitcoin transaction analysis by itself only reveals the imprint of individual in the block chain, it does not reveal any real-world identities. If you are mixing bitcoin and ANY service where you share your personal information that mean you are not longer anonymous.
 
It is possible to be located that way: Imagine a restaurant accepts bitcoin and uses a fixed address for their over-the-counter transactions.
If your btc address will ever surface it won't be hard for someone to pinpoint your exact location at that time or learn your habits.

[knowhow]

The thing is people wanna to hide their information as their portfolio ,soo bitcoin shows no face or adress,the balance well they are exposed always to others to see it and why would someone be tracing someone coins just to know how much someone has?For me i dont bother to others be able to see my balance ,usually is near 0,10btc then i invest the bitcoins.

[owm123]

The thing is people wanna to hide their information as their portfolio ,soo bitcoin shows no face or adress,the balance well they are exposed always to others to see it and why would someone be tracing someone coins just to know how much someone has? For me i dont bother to others be able to see my balance ,usually is near 0,10btc then i invest the bitcoins.

There are plenty of reasons for ppl wanting to know how much money you have, and plenty of reasons why ppl dont like it.

[Sir_lagsalot]

I think you are mistaken. From what I can remember, blockchain.info only shows you the IP of the block relayer. Anyway, there is "total anonymity" from the way that your personal details are nowhere related to your bitcoin address. Sure, people can track transactions, but from whom? The only way you can compromise your anonymity is to broadcast to everyone that a certain address is yours, and tie your personal detaild to it.

[lottery248]

bitcoin its medium is already anonymous.
you know that bitcoin address is a form of cryptography, almost all of the addresses is generic, except the issue that someone found a funded address.

[ranochigo]

On blockchain.info, the first IP relayed from is inaccurate. It isn't the origin but it is the first node which relayed your transaction. The only information you can find is the address origin and destination. Bitcoin wasn't designed to be anonymous in the first place. Use a mixer if you want to be pseudonym.

[BirtRenaldsFan]

The anonymity is within using several addresses. Just use more than one.

[ranochigo]

The anonymity is within using several addresses. Just use more than one.

Incorrect. Users can use taint analysis to establish a link between the few addresses. If the user accidentally spend inputs in two different address in one TX, it would be a clear indication of their link.

[SuperFuture]

You don't need to enter your credentials to get a bitcoin address. That's the only anonymous thing about Bitcoin.

[Herbert2020]

The anonymity is within using several addresses. Just use more than one.

Incorrect. Users can use taint analysis to establish a link between the few addresses. If the user accidentally spend inputs in two different address in one TX, it would be a clear indication of their link.

yeah there is even an online service called  walletexplorer.com that everybody can use. it does the taint analysis and also has a database of exchanger's wallets for example so you sometimes can see who does a specific bitcoin address belong to.

[blackmachinegun]

   I was looking at the blockchain.info site, and I noticed that there is a lot of information that can be found out about transactions. Including IP addresses to and from and everything else. Where does the anonimity come in if their is any?

Yeah true. everyone will know you're. blockchain many transaction, you will be find by wallet explorer. people can know your identity if you withdraw your btc by exchanger.
no any anonimity

[eternalgloom]

Bitcoin is not anonymous. It is psedo-anonymous.

http://www.bitcoinisnotanonymous.com/

Ya, im not sure why many people still telling others that bitcoin is almost free transaction costs and anonymous. Its not in both cases.
For africa paying 0.000X for transaction (to be able to be verified in normal time) its big amount of $

You're right about Bitcoin being described as anonymous, but even in some of the poorest countries in Africa, the 0.0001 btc miners fee would not be considered much.
Especially if that person has access to a computer and internet.

[FlyingSaucer]

The anonymity is within using several addresses. Just use more than one.

Yep using a new address for every transaction could possibly lower the risk of finding your main wallet and your identity.

[jonathgb25]

There is no identity can be linked into your personal profile unless you will exposed your bitcoin address to the mass. But you can dispose your bitcoin address and use a new one without worry.

[owm123]

   I was looking at the blockchain.info site, and I noticed that there is a lot of information that can be found out about transactions. Including IP addresses to and from and everything else. Where does the anonimity come in if their is any?

No where. Bitcoin is not anonymous (http://www.bitcoinisnotanonymous.com/). It is pseudo-anonymous. This is a big difference.

[Kprawn]

Surpirsed not much has been said about Dash which seems to be a good way to break the trail of ownership for smaller volume sat least.  Net fees would be less than using a mixer.

Yep, because Dash has been pre-mined / instamined like crazy at the start to make specific people very rich. {No matter what they say now about

airdrops etc..} The biggest thing about most Alt coins is the trust you have to build at the start, and it did not happen with Dash. They have a

excellent implementation, but they had a false start. 

[arnbrd]

I don't think that is a big problem. Blockchain.info's location service is really approximative. Most of my transactions are located at the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This is a big non-sense, except if at least 1/4 of the nodes are located on a boat. But. Wait ! And if the Altantide was there, accumulating bitcoins for the World domination plan ?! And if Satoshi was their God ?! I think that now, mates, you can start create 40 threads discussing the probability for Satoshi to be Atlantide's God or King !

[Raimonn]

Bitcoin can be anonimous and is transparent. You can explore all transactions on blockchain, but you don't know which user is behind the transaction. If you use tor and use a diferent addres every time, you will be more anonimus. When you buy bitcoins on an exchange, the exchange have your id information (not too anonimus). It depends on your use.

[Slark]

The anonymity is within using several addresses. Just use more than one.

Yep using a new address for every transaction could possibly lower the risk of finding your main wallet and your identity.

Your reali life identity is nowhere to be found in the blockchain. You will have access only to transaction IDs not your name, pseudonym, nickname is present there.
Your name could be only compromised if you use same address while dealing with bitcoin satellite service (where you have to register with your name) and someone will find this relation.

[blackbird307]

What's the worry? It's not you're using bitcoins to something illegal is it? They can only see your transactions, not the amount you have in your wallet.