Satoshi Nakamoto:

I think we should de-emphasize the anonymous angle … we can't give the impression [Bitcoin is] automatically anonymous. It's possible to be pseudonymous, but … If someone digs through the transaction history and starts exposing information people thought was anonymous, the backlash will be much worse if we haven't prepared expectations …

— Satoshi Nakamoto Contemporary

Bitcoin creator

Context

Email correspondence with Martti Malmi

Date / Period

2010

Source

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