How to be Anonymous with Bitcoin

[acoindr]

(mods please feel free to move if not the right category)

I've seen a lot of confusion over Bitcoin anonymity. I think it's because Bitcoin is moving beyond a base of core technically savvy users, so I wrote an eBook in simple to understand terms explaining how to gain anonymity with Bitcoin. The website is below and has a forum for questions.


http://BitcoinAnonymityEbook.com

[moni3z]

Just send all your coins to a Satoshi Dice address and it'll automatically be mixed :P :P :P

Appears I have to buy your book so this post is a shameless plug you should've put in the marketplace

[acoindr]

Just send all your coins to a Satoshi Dice address and it'll automatically be mixed

Appears I have to buy your book so this post is a shameless plug you should've put in the marketplace

I was thinking that but I thought the topic might be of general interest to people too.

[moni3z]

Sell it on SR
Probably would do well on smashwords, warriorforums and Amazon Kindle too

Free bump

[grue]

oh look, a money grab ebook with recycled information

why don't you take your recycled content ebooks to HF?

[CasinoBit]

Just send all your coins to a Satoshi Dice address and it'll automatically be mixed

Appears I have to buy your book so this post is a shameless plug you should've put in the marketplace

And get the original address signed as one of the inputs...

[acoindr]

oh look, a money grab ebook with recycled information

why don't you take your recycled content ebooks to HF?

Actually I didn't consult that page at all when writing, and the book has several chapters. If that one page was enough information on the topic then there wouldn't be any confusion expected on the topic, which isn't the case. Plus I have a forum for discussion/questions as well. The ebook is about $2.90 so if that amounts to a money grab then... okay. I feel the subject is an important one. Thanks for the encouragement, though.

[grue]

Actually I didn't consult that page at all when writing

It still doesn't change the fact that the information is public knowledge or common sense at best.

and the book has several chapters.

If that one page was enough information on the topic then there wouldn't be any confusion expected on the topic, which isn't the case. Plus I have a forum for discussion/questions as well.

length doesn't imply quality or informativeness.

I can probably condense your ebook into 3 points

• avoid reusing addresses
• keep inputs separated using separate wallets or coincontrol
• use mixers

Feel free to prove me wrong.

The ebook is about $2.90 so if that amounts to a money grab then... okay. I feel the subject is an important one. Thanks for the encouragement, though.

I'm calling it a money grab because the information is such low value (you can get the same information on bitcoin.it wiki, feel free to prove me wrong), and you're trying to profit off of it.

[acoindr]

It still doesn't change the fact that the information is public knowledge or common sense at best.

Information on basically everything under the sun is public knowledge in libraries and on the Internet. That doesn't stop universities charging significant tuition for instruction.

length doesn't imply quality or informativeness.

I didn't say it did. Actually, I tried to keep reading time short which I think is a plus.

I can probably condense your ebook into 3 points

• avoid reusing addresses
• keep inputs separated using separate wallets or coincontrol
• use mixers

Feel free to prove me wrong.

I have no interest or need to prove anything to you. I'm not sure why you seem so hostile. I wrote a book which took me nontrivial time, research, and thought process and decided to put a price on the finished product. Nothing here is inconsistent with the free market. I was glad to make another good available for bitcoins.

I'm calling it a money grab because the information is such low value (you can get the same information on bitcoin.it wiki, feel free to prove me wrong), and you're trying to profit off of it.

See what I said above about libraries and universities.

[grue]

Information on basically everything under the sun is public knowledge in libraries and on the Internet. That doesn't stop universities charging significant tuition for instruction.

I'm calling it a money grab because the information is such low value (you can get the same information on bitcoin.it wiki, feel free to prove me wrong), and you're trying to profit off of it.

See what I said above about libraries and universities.

Except they're offering more than just a ebook. They offer instruction, tuition, certification (diplomas), and more. You're offering a pdf with the same information from the bitcoin.it page. It's the same scummy behavior as this ebook. hint: the "info" is the 2% cashback card they promote on their checkout page.

length doesn't imply quality or informativeness.

I didn't say it did. Actually, I tried to keep reading time short which I think is a plus.

That's funny, considering you were boasting about how "the book has several chapters" compared to the wiki page.

I can probably condense your ebook into 3 points
[...]
Feel free to prove me wrong.

I have no interest or need to prove anything to you. I'm not sure why you seem so hostile. I wrote a book which took me nontrivial time, research, and thought process and decided to put a price on the finished product. Nothing here is inconsistent with the free market. I was glad to make another good available for bitcoins.

That's just a strawman, and appeal to tone. I never said your behavior was against the free market. I'm against your shameless profiteering. How about you use your writing skills to improve the bitcoin wiki instead? It will do a lot more for the bitcoin ecosystem than a rehashed wiki article as pdf. Come to think of it, your site's autopayment script is more valuable than your ebook. Try selling that instead.

[acoindr]

Except they're offering more than just a ebook. They offer instruction, tuition, certification (diplomas), and more. You're offering a pdf with the same information from the bitcoin.it page. It's the same scummy behavior as this ebook. hint: the "info" is the 2% cashback card they promote on their checkout page.

What universities offer is not the point. The point is they charge for information which is readily available, which is what you seem to have a problem with. And not everyone graduates.

So why are you advertising people get interest bearing loans? Many consider charging interest immoral. Why don't you make micro loans available to people in developing countries with 0% interest and help them out? No, instead you advertise Coin Lenders with an oversize forum font spamming up the forum... Why are you acting so scummy and only concerned with profiting?

See how it feels when people carelessly through around such words?

That's just a strawman, and appeal to tone. I never said your behavior was against the free market. I'm against your shameless profiteering. How about you use your writing skills to improve the bitcoin wiki instead? It will do a lot more for the bitcoin ecosystem than a rehashed wiki article as pdf. Come to think of it, your site's autopayment script is more valuable than your ebook. Try selling that instead.

Since we're throwing around suggestions, how about I suggest you stop thinking you have any authority to tell people what to do?

What I find interesting is your statements that my ebook has the same info as an online page when you haven't read it. You must be clairvoyant... Let me spell it out for you. You can present information in a different manner to achieve greater results. There are math teachers that have their lessons fly over the heads of students, while others get amazing comprehension when teaching the same math.