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Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th... by insanitybit on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:09AM (#33233710)
My recollection is that Satoshi wanted people to rotate public keys after every use exactly to have anonymity.
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Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th... by throwup on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:35AM (#33234065)
And some wallets do this automatically. But if you send a transaction and the change from your previous wallet flows directly to your next wallet, you're not accomplishing much.
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Re:Former FBI Director Said Blockchain Is Easier to Trace Th... by shadowgovt on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:21AM (#33233869)
That's still not anonymity; it's just pseudonymity with more masks.
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