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A comment on New EU Proposals Seek to End Anonymous Bitcoin Trading. Parent comment
Yes you are, you're missing the addition of a trusted party. I may trust someone I'm trading with to keep me anonymous, mail my order out, etc.
But what if I do not trust my bank to destroy the transaction and keep me anonymous if someone comes looking later.
You trust the first out of necessity, but you only trust the second out of convenience.
This of course only applies to physical products as electronic products can be delivered completely anonymously.
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Yes you are, you're missing the addition of a trusted party. I may trust someone I'm trading with to keep me anonymous, mail my order out, etc.
But what if I do not trust my bank to destroy the transaction and keep me anonymous if someone comes looking later.
You trust the first out of necessity, but you only trust the second out of convenience.
This of course only applies to physical products as electronic products can be delivered completely anonymously.