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by adrianN 2944 days ago
Good luck using bitcoin in a way where you can't connect the BTC address to a real person after a small number of transactions. Anonymizing data is very hard, pseudonyms are almost never anonymous.
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I know people who have exchanged bitcoins and cash anonymously on the street. Sounds pretty risky to me and I certainly don’t think it’s feasible for large volumes of either currency, but it’s possible and has happened, at least.
> I know people who have exchanged bitcoins and cash anonymously on the street.

If I were a narcotics undercover agent, I'd be working to become The Guy locally to trade Bitcoins with in this manner.

Have a partner snap a photo or follow them home to compile a list of people transacting like this.

Chances are good this is already happening in some cities.

Sure, as I said it sounds pretty risky (for many reasons), I’m just saying that it does happen and st least has a possibility of anonymity.