By "follow best practices", you mean "not using Bitcoin", right? That's the only way your words make sense. If you pay someone without spending the full UTXO, you're always creating some sort of a pseudo identity. Say you paid for a domain online, then bought dinner using the change. Your face is now linked to that domain thanks to CCTV cameras. If you paid for a VPN, then sent the change to someone on Nostr, your social graph is now linked to your IP address. It just takes some digging and a few subpoenas.
Bitcoin is good and useful. But you have to acknowledge its flaws. Otherwise, we're no better than a cult.
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And all this for using software? Come on. Haldeman novel level.
You know Bitcoin is programmable money?
You know you can set your changes address to another wallet you own with a different set of XPUBs. You can pay for a VPN with Bitcoin lightning and generate no change.
My IP address is never my own, not only because of a paid VPN but also because of tor combined with that.
Digging and subpeonas will get them to a different REAL IP address everytime. Then there is blockstream, FM radios, etc.
Just because you haven't educated yourself about how Bitcoin works doesn't mean it doesn't.
Next the monero shills will tell us that monero protects them from security cameras for their infinity fiat money lol
This sure has been an interesting Friday so far :)
Monero on the other hand has serious fiat cult vibes lol
expensive, uncertain, soft money
Gold has no cap, has x2 inflation compared to XMR and is valued at $20T shitcoin tokens.
100%. Lack of privacy in one domain always seeps into other domains, on account of you having one physical body which moves about in the world, and eats things, and whatnot. People often fall into the trap of "well I've taken care of one domain, job done".
Either you live by an oasis the middle of the Sahara desert or your physical body is leaving a trail that leads to where it is now and is one that you can never cover up.
