Claiming Bitcoin is anonymous is indeed a common mistake, which I didn’t make.
Pseudonyms can help provide privacy, the issue is that those pseudonyms are permanently tied to Bitcoin wallets. Making a transaction with an exchange or seller while providing a full identity allow that exchange to trace all transactions and reassociate identities.
You do make good point, Bitcoin’s use of permanent pseudonyms is another reason why Bitcoin isn’t useful for daily private payments.



























Buy second hand hardware, and put a new SSD in it.