An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System

Posted by woodall on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @12:31AM
from the arxiv.org dept.

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.4524v1.pdf

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Re:An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System by woodall on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @12:38AM (#2944346)

SlashDot discussion here, http://slashdot.org/story/11/07/25/1239210/Bitcoin-Is-Not-An...

And a recap on a previous comment about BitCoin weaknesses. Looks like 3, 5, and 6 have already been proven.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2596729

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Re:An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System by factoryron on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @03:48AM (#2944697)

The last paragraph sums up the article: "Technical members of the Bitcoin community have cautioned that strong anonymity is not a prominent design goal of the Bitcoin system. However, casual users need to be aware of this, especially when sending Bitcoins to users and organizations they would prefer not to be publicly associated with."

I'm interested in knowing theoretical ways to move BTC anonymously

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