Bitcoin and anonymity

[TimtheYoutuber]

As more people are getting into the space I think it is helpful to really understand bitcoin from a basic form. Let me know what you guys think.

Anonymous bitcoin:
1: Address generation without real name certification;
2: The address can not correspond to a real identity;
3: There is no association between different accounts of the same owner, and it is not possible to know the total amount of bitcoin for a specific user.

Not sure if you are trying to say bitcoin has these abilities, or in order to be "anonymous" it would need those on the list.

Identity can be linked to the address, and programs have been built and are being built to track transactions based on a lot of different things.

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[TimtheYoutuber]

Who else has some opinions on this?

[InBTC4years]

Bitcoin has a type of privacy but not as much as many alts. As a general rule, don't do bad things - even if no one is watching.

[TimtheYoutuber]

Bitcoin has a type of privacy but not as much as many alts. As a general rule, don't do bad things - even if no one is watching.

This is true, and I certainly dont think Bitcoin is a real trigger for people to suddenly become immoral. Pay taxes, and everything will be good.

[allfriends88]

Bitcoin has a type of privacy but not as much as many alts. As a general rule, don't do bad things - even if no one is watching.

This is true, and I certainly dont think Bitcoin is a real trigger for people to suddenly become immoral. Pay taxes, and everything will be good.

I look forward to hopefully future bitcoin better again and could give a positive impact on everyone. and can change the economy of a country.

[Mariela]

Bitcoin need anonymity .
Because if you are holding a extremely large amount of bitcoin you need to become anonymous . Nowadays your security is very important.

[perfect999]

Bitcoin has a type of privacy but not as much as many alts. As a general rule, don't do bad things - even if no one is watching.

Bitcoin is not exactly anonymous. It is what you can call as pseudonymous. Bitcoin transactions are like writing under a pseudonym. Once that is linked with the author, all tings related to it can be tracked. Now that pseudonym is basically the address of the holder but the twist comes in the way everything is stored. By using blockchain technology, it becomes pretty much difficult, time and resource consuming plus complex to find out transactions.

[kazakova]

Is privacy really a big deal? I created a thread a little while ago to see some peoples opinion : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2479788.msg25386090#msg25386090

And it seems that it is a huge deal, however we can see that Bitcoin is not really that anonymous  . So the question is, why aren't privacy coins much bigger in terms of market cap? If people really value privacy, and there a ton of better options, why are we still stuck on Bitcoin that in some ways is inefficient?
Thoughts?

Reality is if you dealing with huge amount of money, you are not private with any coin. Government can track you easily.