Apart from the whole "bitcoin is only pseudo-anonymous" anyway, the article is wrong.
The IP you can trace a transaction back to is only the IP of the person that told you about the transaction. So unless you're connected directly to the person that made the transaction on the p2p network you're just getting the IP of the client that told you about it. Even then, you don't know if that is the person making the transaction or someone telling you that the transaction was made.
There are many many ways. That is if you just don't spend them with the multitude of vendors that support them. Hell, even PayPal is getting in on the act, you have a paypal account?
The MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) has kept us safe for the past 60+ years through some really rough times. It seems to be our best bet to continue keeping us safe.
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I will bite, if I gave you a tunnel between New Zealand and Australia how would you do that?
I wholeheartedly approve of it.
The one going over your head right now?
Saying "No way to tell" without stating a reason doesn't advance the discussion.
You first, I say there is no way to tell, if you (or anyone) has a way please tell me.
The network favors well connected nodes, so you can make it very likely that a client will choose your node to enter the transaction into the network.
So?
You still don't know if the transaction came from that node or is just being passed on by that node.
Even then there is no way to tell if the transaction is coming from the node you are connected to OR another node that is connecting to it.
In some circumstances it could even be from a node that you are connected to but passed through another node you are connected too.
You have no way of knowing.
Apart from the whole "bitcoin is only pseudo-anonymous" anyway, the article is wrong.
The IP you can trace a transaction back to is only the IP of the person that told you about the transaction. So unless you're connected directly to the person that made the transaction on the p2p network you're just getting the IP of the client that told you about it. Even then, you don't know if that is the person making the transaction or someone telling you that the transaction was made.
Bad research by people who should know better.
You sure? He did mention MacGyver!
But children are not evil.
We will just have to agree to disagree here.
Hell no, get your own if you want some.
You need to learn a bit more obviously.
There are many many ways. That is if you just don't spend them with the multitude of vendors that support them. Hell, even PayPal is getting in on the act, you have a paypal account?
Seriously people!
This is the EXACT reason that bitcoins were invented and this is the EXACT problem that is solved.
You no longer have these Banks colluding with the FED to stuff your money supply.
Dude decided to defy the gods and give humans the gift of friggin' technology
It is actually even better than that, he defied the OTHER titans (titans being the level above even the gods).
It is simple for most I suppose but dyslexic people like myself really struggle with it.
Your probably right but so what?
Unless your saying we should keep innovators poor just in case they get lazy (a ridiculous argument) your point is redundant.
It darn well should be about the money.
People like this, true innovators, should be showered with money so they can keep coming up with stuff like this.
I say that as if I know it has already happen but I am fairly sure that the guy will never see any return from his invention.
Thanks for enlightening me. I thought from the post that APK was something meaningful.
First, your MAC address is not transmitted past the first hop in the network so it never gets anywhere to be of any use to anyone.
Second, what is APK? Using abbreviations is great except when it is one you dreamed up yourself and no one else knows WTF you are talking about.
After the GMX account was gained (however that happened), yes the person targeted known Satoshi accounts. P2P Foundation was also hit;-
http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/...
His address expired and someone re-created it.
Nothing to see here, move along...
Even if that is true (and I am not saying it is) it has lead to a host of his other accounts being compromised.
Hardly nothing to see, it is actually quite big. One of the bitcoin download sites (SourceForge) was compromised;-
http://mineforeman.com/2014/09...
I am a firm believer in the balance of power.
The MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) has kept us safe for the past 60+ years through some really rough times. It seems to be our best bet to continue keeping us safe.
Bitcoin would be a better solution
Even better, use bitcoin instead.
Seriously, problem fixed.
Yeah;-
Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin
Just saying...