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drewblaisdell on Feb 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin breaks 30 USD

Bitcoins are easy to track to Bitcoin addresses. Connecting these addresses with any useful data (like someone's identity) is more difficult.

polshaw on Feb 22, 2013 [–]

Surely this only holds until you want to convert into local currency?

drcode on Feb 22, 2013 | [–]

yes, that's the crux of the problem.

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