is bitcoin anonymous?

[wdnj]

Whether bitcoin is really anonymous?
somebody said you can trace the source of BTC such as where the bit coin is from, traded through which exchanger, originally from which BTC wallet, is that right?
Thanks

You can buy cash through an anonymous exchange or through cash without giving your identity. You can mine coins as well!

Where? do you know one.

[picolo]

Whether bitcoin is really anonymous?
somebody said you can trace the source of BTC such as where the bit coin is from, traded through which exchanger, originally from which BTC wallet, is that right?
Thanks

You can buy cash through an anonymous exchange or through cash without giving your identity. You can mine coins as well!

Where? do you know one.

localbitcoins.

[enryk]

You can also trade your coins with someone for anonymity, say someone in a different country. Maybe through an escrow.
This way as well, you can add layers of anonymity.

[wdnj]

Whether bitcoin is really anonymous?
somebody said you can trace the source of BTC such as where the bit coin is from, traded through which exchanger, originally from which BTC wallet, is that right?
Thanks

You can buy cash through an anonymous exchange or through cash without giving your identity. You can mine coins as well!

Where? do you know one.

localbitcoins.

Not anymore,it is now requires you to verify your account with proves of identity.

[protonman]

The level of anonymity is related to the effort someone is willing to invest to track the transactions.
For most people, for most transactions - bitcoin is fairly anonymous, especially if you follow best practice and do not reuse addresses.

How would people here quantify anonymity?

[Rux]

BTC doesn't need to be anonimized...  when i want to hide my btc's trail i trade it for darkcoins, put trough Darksend and go trade back to btc

no ID's, no need to verifiy anything!!

30min max

its almost impossible to trace because of masternodes are doing their job with mixing coins, there are like 2100 masternodes atm, and counting!!!  who's job is to mix it... even with 2 rounds of mixing its so hard to tell what-where-who ... and if you use 5-6 rounds of mixing... well sir find me someone who can trace it back to you

[Propulsion]

Whether bitcoin is really anonymous?
somebody said you can trace the source of BTC such as where the bit coin is from, traded through which exchanger, originally from which BTC wallet, is that right?
Thanks

BTC is as anonymous as showing someone your whole entire accounting information. One of the core devs have expressed concerns over privacy rights advocates realizing just how open and public Bitcoin transactions actually are.

[qwizzie]

How Anonymous is Bitcoin? A Backgrounder for Policymakers

http://www.coindesk.com/anonymous-bitcoin-backgrounder-policymakers/

my advice to OP : learn more about Darkcoin, its not only a great tool to anonymize your transactions but
is also constantly developing new technologies (InstantX for speedy transactions and Two Factor Auth on blockchain level for
higher security)

[Rux]

Whether bitcoin is really anonymous?
somebody said you can trace the source of BTC such as where the bit coin is from, traded through which exchanger, originally from which BTC wallet, is that right?
Thanks

BTC is as anonymous as showing someone your whole entire accounting information. One of the core devs have expressed concerns over privacy rights advocates realizing just how open and public Bitcoin transactions actually are.

but BTC should be like this, TRANSPARENT LEDGER and open book

thats why u use BTC 2.0 = Darkcoin ... just use darksend for one time and you will what im talking about

in the beginning, criminals and the rest of the criminal underground heard about BTC's anonimity... they jumped in and didn't even realized they are putting everything on public ledger ... man they were wrong

[interbtc]

BTC transactions are not anonymous anyway, but all of it is locked into a public ledger

[xeqtr]

In any case, the owner can not be tracked

[wdnj]

In any case, the owner can not be tracked

How we can't tracked?

[sethminer14]

There are definitely other alt coins that are much more anon.

[arvindr]

In any case, the owner can not be tracked

Yeah, some ways. You could try to use a mixer, however not  going to help, if you commit a serious crime, as they will be able to get the mixer to give up on your initial transaction. You could transfer it through various exchanges, and you should be good.

[chaosknight]

bitcoin is not completely anonymous, if you have some free time and technical bitcoin knowledge

[owlcatz]

There are definitely other alt coins that are much more anon.

Monero for example - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.0

[4ever]

There are definitely other alt coins that are much more anon.

Monero for example - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.0

I think the best altcoin if you want complete anonymity is Darkcoin . They happen to have a whole development only for making it completely anonymous.

[splawik21]

There are definitely other alt coins that are much more anon.

Monero for example - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=583449.0

I think the best altcoin if you want complete anonymity is Darkcoin . They happen to have a whole development only for making it completely anonymous.

Yes...it's true. Especially after recent rush of updates finally the darksend mixing is kickin' !!

[DLCseller]

It depends how you use it.

[ronaldo40]

maybe yes, maybe not. because I do not know the beginning of bitcoin