"There are three categories of identity that are useful to
think about.
Category one: public. Real-world identities
are a matter of record and attached to every transaction.
Category two: Pseudonymous. There are persistent "identities" within the system and people can see if something was done by the same nym that did something else, but there's not necessarily any way of linking the nyms with real-world identities.
Category three: unlinkably anonymous. There is no concept of identity, persistent or otherwise. No one can say or prove whether the agents involved in any transaction are the same agents as involved in any other transaction."
Bear
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
Ray Dillinger bear at sonic.net
Sat Nov 15 2008
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think about.
Category one: public. Real-world identities
are a matter of record and attached to every transaction.
Category two: Pseudonymous. There are persistent "identities" within the system and people can see if something was done by the same nym that did something else, but there's not necessarily any way of linking the nyms with real-world identities.
Category three: unlinkably anonymous. There is no concept of identity, persistent or otherwise. No one can say or prove whether the agents involved in any transaction are the same agents as involved in any other transaction."
Bear
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
Ray Dillinger bear at sonic.net
Sat Nov 15 2008
The Cryptography Mailing List
https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-November/014859.html
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