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by ps4fanboy 4352 days ago
Wallets arent anonymous they are all in the block chain.
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Incorrect. There are no "wallets" on the blockchain. In fact, the blockchain is not even organized by address. The blockchain is simply a ledger of inputs and outputs, most of which refer to a certain address or addresses (but not to wallets).

If someone uses a new Bitcoin address for each transaction, there is no way outside of statistical analysis (which may not even work in many cases) to know which addresses belongs to which wallets.

I think he/she meant that now the bitcoin addresses can be tied to an individual, as this app is running on mobile.