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> cryptocurrencies (which are instrumental to the right of privately transacting online Blockchains are public ledgers - this is the opposite of privacy.
by Mysterise 4y ago
> cryptocurrencies (which are instrumental to the right of privately transacting online
Blockchains are public ledgers - this is the opposite of privacy.
- fulvioterzapi 4y agoThere are fully anonymous cryptocurrencies. Also, in a public ledger, an address is not directly associated to a person.
- ploppyploppy 4y agoThere are also Layer 2 technologies
- pjc50 4y agoNot immediately, no, but there's no forward secrecy, so unless users take extensive steps to obfuscate their activities, as soon as they make one transaction with a counterparty who knows who they are (such as an exchange with KYC) they are at risk of de-anonymisation.