The blockchain breaks the privacy laws (?)

[Mobius]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

[botany]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

Thanks! If you are really looking for privacy, there are so many other options for you to explore.

[Mobius]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

Thanks! If you are really looking for privacy, there are so many other options for you to explore.

Bitcoin really does give you a sufficient amount of privacy for the "average joe" it is just that every transaction is public (this is the OP's concern). For most people, it is very difficult to link your identity to any specific transaction, and any one of your transactions to another one of your transactions (if you use change addresses properly).

[jjc326]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

Thanks! If you are really looking for privacy, there are so many other options for you to explore.

Bitcoin really does give you a sufficient amount of privacy for the "average joe" it is just that every transaction is public (this is the OP's concern). For most people, it is very difficult to link your identity to any specific transaction, and any one of your transactions to another one of your transactions (if you use change addresses properly).

Right I agree with this. Hey another option is using a new address with every transaction that way no one will link you to easily see all your transactions.

[Skoupi]

I believe that nobody has the right to record the transactions of the people. It is illegal.

I believe you are right. You should sue bitcoin.
Also don't forget to sue the internet. It records not only transactions but practically everything you do online. What you see, what you hear, with whom you talk...

[Mr Tsoutsounopaiktis]

I believe that nobody has the right to record the transactions of the people. It is illegal.

I believe you are right. You should sue bitcoin.
Also don't forget to sue the internet. It records not only transactions but practically everything you do online. What you see, what you hear, with whom you talk...

I agree. The whole internet is illegal. People must sue the engineers of the internet.

[botany]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

Thanks! If you are really looking for privacy, there are so many other options for you to explore.

Bitcoin really does give you a sufficient amount of privacy for the "average joe" it is just that every transaction is public (this is the OP's concern). For most people, it is very difficult to link your identity to any specific transaction, and any one of your transactions to another one of your transactions (if you use change addresses properly).

True. There are efforts one has to take to ensure that one's online identity is not revealed.
This is one of the first things that we learn while reading about bitcoin.

[Mr Tsoutsounopaiktis]

With paper, silver or gold money you can make a transaction and nobody will knows it. With digital money you can't do that. The digital money is like to live in a police state.

[counter]

I don't agree, you need to explain your point way more and with actual details and even facts.  Also anybody can choose if they want to use Bitcoin nobody is forcing them against their will to use it.  

[zedicus]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

If bitcointalk.org does not violate privacy laws by publishing your comments, the blockchain does not violate privacy laws by publishing your transaction. 

This actually is a very good point, and a good way of looking at it. When you broadcast a transaction you are publicly broadcasting your TX for anyone and everyone to see. 

Thanks! If you are really looking for privacy, there are so many other options for you to explore.

Bitcoin really does give you a sufficient amount of privacy for the "average joe" it is just that every transaction is public (this is the OP's concern). For most people, it is very difficult to link your identity to any specific transaction, and any one of your transactions to another one of your transactions (if you use change addresses properly).

True. There are efforts one has to take to ensure that one's online identity is not revealed.
This is one of the first things that we learn while reading about bitcoin.

I think as long as the "average" user of bitcoin does not do things that are illegal nor reckless then there is little chance that his identity will be revealed as few people would have the interest to do so. Even though all of his transactions are public, there would be very few people that would want to dox one random person out of millions of people.

[Mr Tsoutsounopaiktis]

A transaction is something personal. You can't publish it. We are not living in a police state.

[Ayers]

if you receive only, you aren't breaking any privacy, also you can do it with a smartphone i guess, so even if the localization of your transaction is displayed, you can just move away

[botany]

I think as long as the "average" user of bitcoin does not do things that are illegal nor reckless then there is little chance that his identity will be revealed as few people would have the interest to do so. Even though all of his transactions are public, there would be very few people that would want to dox one random person out of millions of people.

With blockchain analytics companies being set up, I am not sure for how long this will remain true.

[zedicus]

I think as long as the "average" user of bitcoin does not do things that are illegal nor reckless then there is little chance that his identity will be revealed as few people would have the interest to do so. Even though all of his transactions are public, there would be very few people that would want to dox one random person out of millions of people.

With blockchain analytics companies being set up, I am not sure for how long this will remain true.

analytics would make it easier to link two addresses together, even if mixers are used, but this would not make it more profitable to dox someone who had used bitcoin.

If a hypothetical John Smith were to use coinbase to puchase bitcoin, send the bitcoin through a mixer for privacy and then purchased some household goods on overstock.com then it may be in theory to link his original coinbase purchase with his coinbase purchase, but since he not not broken any laws and the amount in question is very small, anyone who tries to link his identity to his used addresses would not gain anything from being successful.   

[botany]

I think as long as the "average" user of bitcoin does not do things that are illegal nor reckless then there is little chance that his identity will be revealed as few people would have the interest to do so. Even though all of his transactions are public, there would be very few people that would want to dox one random person out of millions of people.

With blockchain analytics companies being set up, I am not sure for how long this will remain true.

analytics would make it easier to link two addresses together, even if mixers are used, but this would not make it more profitable to dox someone who had used bitcoin.

If a hypothetical John Smith were to use coinbase to puchase bitcoin, send the bitcoin through a mixer for privacy and then purchased some household goods on overstock.com then it may be in theory to link his original coinbase purchase with his coinbase purchase, but since he not not broken any laws and the amount in question is very small, anyone who tries to link his identity to his used addresses would not gain anything from being successful.   

It would be easy for criminals to target people with large bitcoin holdings.
Currently, I doubt if it would be possible to get this kind of information from banks.

[itsAj]

I think as long as the "average" user of bitcoin does not do things that are illegal nor reckless then there is little chance that his identity will be revealed as few people would have the interest to do so. Even though all of his transactions are public, there would be very few people that would want to dox one random person out of millions of people.

With blockchain analytics companies being set up, I am not sure for how long this will remain true.

analytics would make it easier to link two addresses together, even if mixers are used, but this would not make it more profitable to dox someone who had used bitcoin.

If a hypothetical John Smith were to use coinbase to puchase bitcoin, send the bitcoin through a mixer for privacy and then purchased some household goods on overstock.com then it may be in theory to link his original coinbase purchase with his coinbase purchase, but since he not not broken any laws and the amount in question is very small, anyone who tries to link his identity to his used addresses would not gain anything from being successful.   

It would be easy for criminals to target people with large bitcoin holdings.
Currently, I doubt if it would be possible to get this kind of information from banks.

It would be very difficult to get a list of account holders with large balances from banks due to the BSA. It would also be very difficult to determine exactly who owns a particular address as well as who hold large amounts of BTC (in many multiple addresses). I would disagree that it would be easy for a criminal to target someone with a large BTC holding as it would be difficult to figure out who exactly is holding large amounts. The only exception to this would be people who are very well known in the BTC community.

[ariyaromadhona]

I believe that the blockchain breaks the privacy laws. Do you agree?

What is your reason for making this opinion? i haven't problems with Blockchain , so i dissagree

[dKingston]

I think that it's illegal and it's not fair that somebody has the right
to record the transactions, but it's also true that the sender and
buyer would know in advance that the blockchain is public information.

[itsAj]

I think that it's illegal and it's not fair that somebody has the right
to record the transactions, but it's also true that the sender and
buyer would know in advance that the blockchain is public information.

This is how bitcoin operates. One of it's selling points is that everything is transparent to everyone else. The fact that every transaction is recorded on the blockchain is how any and everyones "balance" is known and can be verified.

[franky1]

blockchain does not reveal your birthname, homeaddress or anything else. thus privacy is not violated.

secondly, by linking a bitcoin address to your forum username is not breach either, as your forum username is not your real life birth certified name

thirdly if you doxx yourself by revealing your details which can then be linked to the forum name and or the blockchain.. transactions. then this is your fault