ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments

Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by olegkikin on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @01:51PM (#15029561)

It's close to being anonymous though. If I give you a random bitcoin address, what are the odds you can identify the owner of it? It's very close to zero.

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Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by dsacco on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @02:16PM (#15029797)

In practice? The odds are pretty likely. Most people have poor opsec, and you can uniquely identify anyone with fewer than 33 bits of data.

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Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by ebcode on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:31PM (#15030443)

And yet Satoshi Nakamoto still has not been doxxed.

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Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by dsacco on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:48PM (#15030631)

I said "likely", not "certainly." Satoshi Nakamoto is the exception that proves the rule; part of his infamy is precisely due to the fact that he has not yet identified, which is extraordinary.

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Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by olegkikin on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @06:55PM (#15032017)

Let's test your claim. Here's a transaction between many addresses. How many can you identify?

https://blockchain.info/tx/5e3f8e728e7a9c14231806de537ae6177...

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Re:ProtonMail Now Supports Bitcoin Payments by VMG on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @10:12PM (#15033223)

Let's make it easier: how many of the transactions in the most recent block (as of writing) can be tied to individuals?

https://blockchain.info/block/0000000000000000005d8e91c8b1b3...

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