Not at all, the ledger is public, it’s not tied to names, only IDs but it’s trivially easy to tie a person to a Bitcoin account if they’re under surveillance
If you live in a country that cares about law you might attract attention with a large Bitcoin balance and enough transactions to tie it to you
What about dystopian surveillance tech?
Isn’t that all of the above?
Cant crypto actually be good for privacy?
In practice, not really.
Not at all, the ledger is public, it’s not tied to names, only IDs but it’s trivially easy to tie a person to a Bitcoin account if they’re under surveillance
If you live in a country that cares about law you might attract attention with a large Bitcoin balance and enough transactions to tie it to you