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How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"This is the story of the revelation in late 2013 that Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system."

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[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

What part do you not consider correct?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

That someone busted the myth of Bitcoin four years after it was made public knowledge that bitcoin was not anonymous.

There was no myth to bust. Bitcoin was explicitly public from its inception.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I guess you hadn't read the article. The point wasn't that the ledger is public, but that the accounts allegedly were deemed anonymous.

My point is read the article then criticize it.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social -1 points 10 months ago

It's paywalled.

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