Why Anonymity so important to you?

[Kayex]

So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.

But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?

I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?

[keithers]

I think it used to be only important if you were doing something wrong or that you didn't want known.   As time has progressed, the surveillance that is done on the general public has gotten to the point where it is almost scary.   Day by day anonymity is becoming more and more important.

[Kayex]

I think it used to be only important if you were doing something wrong or that you didn't want known.   As time has progressed, the surveillance that is done on the general public has gotten to the point where it is almost scary.   Day by day anonymity is becoming more and more important.

True.
So it's just the public watching you that most people are afraid of?
Because everyone can report it and social media is so easily accessible now?

And also because you just don't want some transactions to be known?

[GrandmaJean]

It is important to me because I would rather not a bunch of random people knowing my personal financial business.

[whtchocla7e]

It's not just important to me. It's the number one concern.

[Kayex]

It is important to me because I would rather not a bunch of random people knowing my personal financial business.

They can STILL see your purchases and what you've sent out if they know your BTC address can't they?
So you're still being watched.

[scribbles]

As others have mentioned, the increasing surveillance of citizens doing nothing wrong (e.g. the NSA adding people to a watch list for merely searching privacy related terms) is unacceptable to me. This intrusion extends to financial matters where the government is overly paternalistic and have overreached their authority. For example, most reputable foreign online casinos will not accept US players due to repercussions from the US government. I don't want/need the government trying to protect me from myself, and it's not their role, or shouldn't be anyway.

Another example, if I decide to give a family member some money to help them out and it exceeds $13k, then the IRS requires they pay taxes on that money. Where in the hell does the IRS get the idea that they get a cut when family members want to help each other out? Absolutely f*#king ridiculous. So when I learned about bitcoin, I started using it as much as possible.

[Ozziecoin]

Imagine your best friend; someone you trust with your life asks you to show him/her all your emails, text messages, phone conversations and what you buy or sell. This person will then permanently record everything. Would you allow it?

Now imagine a faceless entity having access to all that information.

[darkota]

It's not just important to me. It's the number one concern.

Bitcoin is hardly anonymous in itself...

[Mayuyu48]

I don't want some people tracking me from my activities in internet
i bought something, i purchase something, that's my personal action
there's no IRS here, and tax collector (still) don't interest in bitcoin
but who knows in the future, better to prepare it

[Sydboy]

i dont mind any one tracing me.
i think alot of people want to be anonymous for no reason other than they want to be anonymous.

i remember a thread recently some one was giving tips to be anonymous and he had his bitcoin address in his signature and some one traded it to multiple exchanges. it was pretty funny. everybody is an expert here

[AliceWonder]

So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.

But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?

I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?

If you run a business, you don't want people to figure out who your buyers and suppliers are.

In some industries *cough*porn*cough* what you are doing is perfectly legal but stalkers are crazy.

[thelonecrouton]

1. You buy some medication online, or post about some medical condition on Facebook.
2. Datamining
...
3. Profit! (At your expense, as your healthcare quadruples in price.)

You might think you have 'nothing to hide' but do you really want to be fleeced even more than you already are by insurance companies?

[libivan]

Anonymity is a human necessity. If it was not, we wouldn't need curtains in our windows. But in today's world people seem to have forgotten the importance of privacy, and they are madly exposing all their lives, all the personal and private details online, just because it is "cool": "just because my neighbour has a popular face book profile, mine must be more popular"... "I'll post my hot selfies and everyone is gonna like it", etc...

If it was just that, it would be nonsense enough... but fine, each one knows his/her own limits anyway... but it is not only that: the companies/governments will misuse all this free info. We are beeing tagged, followed, watched, controlled. It's becoming a scary Orwellian world, and I refuse to colaborate with it.

[LostDutchman]

So regarding BTC, I understand why people use it.
So you can't be tracked down, it's useful, it's fast, etc etc.

But do you remain anonymous because of blackhat related activities?
Do you just not want to be known?

I personally don't care. I just think that BTC is a great investment for me.
Is Anonymity not that important to you?

[cutepuppy]

I am concerned that an attacker would find out how much bitcoin I have in my possession, subjecting me to a number of hacking attempted/attacks.

[madken7777]

If the government is determine to prosecute someone, they can find any excuse to make it happen.

Having anonymity make it harder for them.

[LostDutchman]

I am concerned that an attacker would find out how much bitcoin I have in my possession, subjecting me to a number of hacking attempted/attacks.

Suffer, bitch.

[libivan]

I am concerned that an attacker would find out how much bitcoin I have in my possession, subjecting me to a number of hacking attempted/attacks.

Depending on the country you live (for example, Brazil), if the wrong person knows your balance (in this case, BTC balance) you can be sure you or one of your loved ones will be kidnapped.

[thunderdrum]

1. You buy some medication online, or post about some medical condition on Facebook.
2. Datamining
...
3. Profit! (At your expense, as your healthcare quadruples in price.)

You might think you have 'nothing to hide' but do you really want to be fleeced even more than you already are by insurance companies?

+7

It's not a matter of what you want to hide. It's a matter of what other people what to know from you.

To most people, we don't want to hide anything. Or there is no need to hide anything. But anonymous is not just for hiding, the more important, it protects you from other people who what to seek through your whole information and then make some action.

When you use the non-anonymouse coin, people can know your whole financial information. Then, they can study you and find out your weak point.
Boom~ you're doomed.