**Dude, I know**. Actually read what people write! I'm the first to tell you **it's a tradeoff*. The only difference is you think it's not a worthy tradeoff, and I think it is. Hal Finney, Satoshi and the rest of the crew thought so too (that having privacy *is* a worthy tradeoff). I don't say that to engage in a fallacious argument from authority, I highlight it to - hopefully - make you see that perhaps there is more to the question than meets the eye. also, you did the exact same thing again: evade, deflect, divert, distract.