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your transactions EASILY are visible at blockchain.info and walking the chain back

still waiting for zerocoin to get merged into mainline ... *cough*

Zerocoin has not been merged because it is not sufficiently funded. If I thought it actually worked, I'd merge it into a *coin client and give end-users a choice if they want to blacklist any coins touched by zerocoin, or if they wish to pay the public cost to provide private anonymity. The problem with anonymity is it's *expensive* to actually have meaningful protection from people that would lock you up or make you dead, and I have not seen any credible way for the anon community to actually pay scientists and developers to design, build, and most importantly **TEST** various types of remailers, mixers, and laundry machines. I've decided it's far less costly *for me personally* to be completely transparent, and do my best to live in a way which has nothing to hide. Yes, that is potentially dangerous, just as it was dangerous for the man who stood in front of a tank in Tiananmen square, and it was dangerous for Edward Snowden publicly leak documents. However, I think the public and onymous (having a name) demonstrations of principle in full view of the world have a far greater leverage on public opinion than acts without a face or a name. If the only secrets I have are the private keys which protect my ability to publicly and securely validate who I am, the world seems to be a far less dangerous place, and one that is much easier to live and let live. So I understand those of you who need to remain names without a face, and I want you to be able to be free as in freedom to live. But freedom is not free as in beer, and there is a cost. I'd like an open and transparent discussion about how to fund that cost, starting with whether http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transparent_Society may be a solution. -- Troy Benjegerdes