Can you hide your identity with bitcoin? (100%)

[MCDev]

I think we are not completely anonymous to bitcoin, maybe somehow people will find us (via IP address or trading wallet).
In case people sell bitcoin and cash it out, I think the government will immediately recognize you.

^ Definitely right, because bitcoin was created not for hiding your personality as a payment. The intention of the creator is to become a worldwide digital currency that probably uses in any form of payment method online. It can be tracked your identity but I had a few questions bother in my mind.
Why those crypto exchanges hacked last year did not recover the bitcoin had been stolen, is their lack of information or just an inside job.
Nevertheless, I can say that probably 25% you can hide as a anonymously but the rest, it can be trackable.

Perhaps if we created the wallet at a public ip address, then deposited money in it and kept it in secret we could remain anonymous. However, as long as we make a transaction, we are likely to be exposed.

[shield132]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

Quite true, you can't be anonymous in bitcoin's network. Blockchain alone is an open book for every transaction, absolutely every transaction is included in blockchain and you can search any of them. The whole magic lies in how successfully you are able to track target. In past, governments and people in overall weren't good at it but right now, see, a lot of people who use bitcoin for illegal purposes (got coins from exchange hacks and etc) are getting caught very soon.

If you want anonymity, there are better options that are created specifically for it, for example - monero.

If you want to track IP, then you need to own high percentage of nodes and your target's wallet directly connected to one of your nodes.

On another hand, you can achieve high anonymity in bitcoin's network, everything hugely depends on your actions too. For example, if your client connects on PC that's 100% clean and then connect VPN/Tor and mine bitcoins in a pool (depends on pool too) and use mixers that meet high standard of anonymity, then it will be very, very hard for anyone to detect.

[serjent05]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

We can hide our identity with Bitcoin but it is debatable if it is 100% or not since Bitcoin is known for pseudonymity, not anonymity but, as long as you don't connect your bank account or personal info on the address, you can easily hide your identity with Bitcoin simply by using TOR to mask your IP.  If you want to cash out via third exchange platform, you can also use TOR plus mixers, TOR to mask your IP and mixer to dilute and make it harder or impossible to trace the source of the Bitcoin address where the fund came.  

[taufik123]

Bitcoin doesn't really maintain your privacy up to 100%. bitcoin transaction history will provide information about the activities that have been carried out, and it can be tracked to reveal behind the user's bitcoin address.
To overcome this you can use a mixing service,
In general, mixing is indeed an activity to obscure funds or as a removal of traces of the original transaction and replace it with new transactions obtained from the mixer platform. Mixer is a third party service, but the security of anonymity is still questionable. Third parties like mixers can still record IP addresses and bitcoin addresses that use mixer services. and in the end the user gives up control of funds and identity to their real bitcoin address.

The best way is indeed by mixing or using coinjoin, as many members say here. information about the original bitcoin address will be safe if a third party does not divulge the data.

[Debonaire217]

Even without a specified hardware, you can hide your identity and IP using software. If I am not mistaken, you can use linux for you to easily hide your IP when you are transacting, Kali linux in particular, but it is made for hacking and penetration testing, though, it has some features to protect your identity especially when you are transacting.

Or if you don't like to completely change your operating system, you might store your bitcoin wallet and make transactions in a virtual machine and still using linux.

[mocacinno]

Even without a specified hardware, you can hide your identity and IP using software. If I am not mistaken, you can use linux for you to easily hide your IP when you are transacting, Kali linux in particular, but it is made for hacking and penetration testing, though, it has some features to protect your identity especially when you are transacting.

Or if you don't like to completely change your operating system, you might store your bitcoin wallet and make transactions in a virtual machine and still using linux.

the network protocol isn't os-dependant. You don't need linux to use a VPN, i2p, freenet, a proxy or a VPN (or a VPS as jumpserver).
It's perfectly possible to use tor over VPN on a windows machine. Tor has a one-click tool that even novice users can use to setup and use a tor router, and many VPN providers have a more extensive walktrough for windows users than they have for linux users (most likely because most linux users are used to look at the help, manpages, readme's, wiki's,... while windows users require more guidance).

That being said, there are specific linux distro's (like Tails) that tried to make the process even safer and simpler than it would have been on windows.

Bottom line: linux =/= automatic anonimity

[carlisle1]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

there is no way that you can hide your identity in this market because Bitcoin transaction is not that anonymous after all,our transaction is always public so it is given that we are not that totally private.
Not unless you will use Mixing company to Hide your Transaction or Use exchange first before sending to your wallet but these are expensive and will cost you some Bucks before completely succeed.

Now everything is possible if you work hard and make an effort.

what?so hows that mate please let us all know what and how that effort works?

[mezzaluna]

Of course we can do that. We can do a series of masking for our IP addresses starting with using Virtual Private Networks. It still possible to get our identifications be known but the process will be really hard to do. Every nodes and wallets used are always masked because that provides further security.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

We can't hide our identity with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies because our transactions are broadcast in public, so there is no way that you could make transactions anonymously even you used other software or a VPN. Also, yet you use hardware wallets for safer security, your information can still be able to track it down with your public address and your IPs.

[Harlot]

You can hide it if you are just holding it in your hardware wallet but when it comes to transacting with Bitcoin you can't really hide your identity with it since everything can be connected in with blockchain. Technically your friend is right when it comes to hiding your identity since right now with regulations and governments more being involved in the crypto industry with all of their AML procedures set in place your identity will be really really hard to hide, but as long as your aren't transacting and just holding your Bitcoin you are simply anonymous with other people.

[pawanjain]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

Your friend is absolutely right. Bitcoin network is not an anonymous network. Bitcoin is not meant for privacy at all.
Bitcoin was meant to be used as a peer to peer payment system in a distributed peer to peer network.
At some point it is possible to get the identity of the particular peer.
There are other coins which are anonymous and providers more privacy . Monero is one of them.

[Emitdama]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

I'm sorry, your friend is saying the truth. You can't hide your identity on cryptocurrency 100%. There are just little things that can expose you. Your address is there and every transaction you're making with your address leaves that can be used to trace you ,and your IP address as well. I don't know how you can hide your IP address.

Another thing you have to know is that bitcoin was created by some researchers and they all have where they are all working now, and possibly a lot of them might be working for the government. They know everything including how they can track down anyone they want to, you can't hide forever. I no longer use bitcoin as a means to stay anonymous, I just use it because it's an easy means for transaction and also an investment for me.

[hotmom]

No. Unfortunately, this is not possible now. But I hope that something will change in the future.

[john_nautica]

Bitcoin may be featuring anonymity but there will be always limitations. Identity can be hidden once but can be also found one way or another. May it be through transactions or any digital footprints. All of the transactions that are being made are all transparent on a host network, where movements and IP addresses can be traced. Although, VPN can be used to hide one's IP address, it is not really allowed to some places and thus, does not guarantee full anonymity.

[OrganixProtocol]

Question: Does Satoshi Nakamoto hide his identity with bitcoin 100%?

[BlackHatCoiner]

Question: Does Satoshi Nakamoto hide his identity with bitcoin 100%?

He did hide his identity 100%. But not only with bitcoin.

[Nhor1011]

No if you are going to do kyc in some exchanges or wallet apps using your ip address,they can trace it. Actually there is no secret that can hide forever ,the same with bitcoin.Using a modern technology ,I believed someone will make a way on how to know the owner of every transaction in cryptocurrency that will lead for the anonymity being useless.

[cosmicrays]

Probably not. You can hardly hide your identity with bitcoin. At least now it sounds unlikely.

[Debonaire217]

I was having an argument with a friend. He says that you can't be anonymous to the bitcoin's network. Both nodes and wallets use, leads to an ip address where information can be found.

I had read in this forum that you can hide it with hardware? How exactly?

If you have intention to withdraw bitcoins in your currency or fiat, you cannot secure your anonymity 100%.

Or just like what they said "Pseudoanonymous" which means, that people will know that you are using bitcoin but will not directly know which transactions you are making through mixers. The way you could do it is to change your IP temporarily along with your MAC address. The best way I think on how you could do it is to use kali linux operating system.

[bitbunnny]

Satoshi has hidden his identity very successful so far and he has every right to protect his privacy. I think that most of us at his place would have done the same. However, I don't think that is only with help of Bitcoin. Bitcoin has lost a great deal of anonimity since it first appeared and now it's much easier to track the person behind it and follow the transactions. To my opinion Satoshi relies on something completely different to protect identity.