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How Anonymous is Bitcoin? A Backgrounder for Policymakers

Bitcoin, less private than credit or debit transactions, is generally anonymous. Here are some distinctions between privacy and anonymity in bitcoin.

Updated Mar 6, 2023, 2:48 p.m. Published Jan 25, 2015, 1:45 p.m.
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