Why Anonymity so important to you?

[Bitcoin Magazine]

because nobody accepts dollars for drugs.  only bitcoins

even walmart doesn't sell meth )(Beznadzdrex)

[ABISprotocol]

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Is Anonymity not that important to you?

It's important to me. 

See: https://github.com/pmlaw/The-Bitcoin-Foundation-Legal-Repo/issues/19

If you believe that more emphasis should be given to funding basic bitcoin development, and also to anonymity projects, please check out this open issue, and leave your remarks on Github or here (and please share).

[AliceWonder]

Everyone should exercise their 2nd amendment right. Personal security isn't something we should take lightly. If you do get one it is very much worth your time to take classes and spend some time at a range learning to use it effectively.

Well if I do get one, as I am not allowed to drive (Epilepsy) and California does not allow either open or concealed carry, it would be kind of hard for me to go to a range...

[cbeast]

I don't wand people to know that I own a metric crapton of BTC. I can barely store them, they just take up too much space. If people are aware of you BTC holdings, you may become the target of people intending to steal them. Also I guess a lot of people may want to hide their BTC from tax authorities.

Your problems are not shared by most people. There are ways to mix bitcoins in your situation. As far as tax authorities, I don't know why they would care about your bitcoins unless you owe them money.

[cbeast]

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Is Anonymity not that important to you?

It's important to me. 

[LiteCoinGuy]

guess there are several reasons, bad and good ones. if you are interested in this, visit:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=362468.msg3878992#msg3878992

[WillyBTC]

I just don't need the government all up in my business!

[beetcoin]

it's important to me because we are living in the times where privacy is disappearing. having your own space to be yourself is where a lot of creative people create. and more importantly, taking everyone's privacy away is key to establishing a totalitarian society.

[minime]

Anonymity?? just another illusion....

[harlenadler]

I like the idea of being anonymous. But I don't pretend it's the reality.

[Kayex]

I don't wand people to know that I own a metric crapton of BTC. I can barely store them, they just take up too much space. If people are aware of you BTC holdings, you may become the target of people intending to steal them. Also I guess a lot of people may want to hide their BTC from tax authorities.

Your problems are not shared by most people. There are ways to mix bitcoins in your situation. As far as tax authorities, I don't know why they would care about your bitcoins unless you owe them money.

Currently the US can't tax btc.

I feel like this is just a way to avoid taxes placed on us by the IRS.

[cbeast]

If the anonymity trick proves to be stable, then there is no doubt it will be forked into Bitcoin. This is about technology development over social morality. Society will have to adjust to lawlessness as they did in the stone age. It will absolutely force people to use coin validation for their own personal safety and for exactly the same reasons that you cannot buy enriched uranium at Walmart.

[cbeast]

Anonymous money will allow enriched Uranium sellers to sell their material with no risk of getting caught. It will allow kidnappers to snatch your children or wife with no risk of getting caught. There have already been attempts of extortion and plenty of drug sales because of Bitcoin's pseudonymity. Be careful what you wish for. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

[Kayex]

I don't wand people to know that I own a metric crapton of BTC. I can barely store them, they just take up too much space. If people are aware of you BTC holdings, you may become the target of people intending to steal them. Also I guess a lot of people may want to hide their BTC from tax authorities.

Your problems are not shared by most people. There are ways to mix bitcoins in your situation. As far as tax authorities, I don't know why they would care about your bitcoins unless you owe them money.

I personally think there's no possible way to TAX BTC.
I mean we have transfer fees but they're virtually non existent.

[cbeast]

I don't wand people to know that I own a metric crapton of BTC. I can barely store them, they just take up too much space. If people are aware of you BTC holdings, you may become the target of people intending to steal them. Also I guess a lot of people may want to hide their BTC from tax authorities.

Your problems are not shared by most people. There are ways to mix bitcoins in your situation. As far as tax authorities, I don't know why they would care about your bitcoins unless you owe them money.

I personally think there's no possible way to TAX BTC.
I mean we have transfer fees but they're virtually non existent.

Walmart charges sales tax. If they accepted Bitcoin, they would continue to do so. Many people work for cash and don't pay taxes on their income because there is no possible way to TAX CASH.

[tmbp]

Why is privacy so important for you? Why is personal space so important for you? Why can't I fuck your wife? Sharing is caring

[LostDutchman]

Why is privacy so important for you? Why is personal space so important for you? Why can't I fuck your wife? Sharing is caring

Right on the mark!

+1

[Harley997]

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?

There is a small chance BTC becomes "the weapon of terrorism" and anyone that has ever owned it is to be executed.  I'd prefer it not to be known I owned BTC at that point.  Lets be honest though.. the gov already knows I own btc lol.

It wouldn't be that bitcoin could become a weapon that terrorists use, but it is rather that bitcoin could potentially allow terrorists to move money around without anyone knowing.

[BCwinning]

It's important to me and not only for btc but in general because it isn't anyones business
how much gas I purchase a month. Or How much coffee I consume in a month. as examples
It has nothing to do with illegalities but in knowing that someone knows how boring my life is better than me.
Which is why I pay cash for my groceries and gas and use other peoples loyalty cards.

[cbeast]

Why is privacy so important for you? Why is personal space so important for you? Why can't I fuck your wife? Sharing is caring

Non-Sequitur. Do you fuck every wife that tells you her name?