<p>Current client doesn't expose it yet, but each account is really an Account Family of un-linkable addresses which can be single use.</p>

<p><a href="https://ripple.com/wiki/Account_Family">https://ripple.com/wiki/Account_Family</a></p>

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2013-04-13T10:16:36.103Z
Damn, those Ripple devs thought of everything!
ripper234
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2013-04-14T05:32:10.127Z
They incorporated all the lessons of bitcoin and more
Alex Kravets
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2013-08-21T04:06:05.470Z
Wouldn't the trust network give away identities though?
Murch
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2013-08-23T23:18:56.580Z
It's easy to be anonymous in the crowd trusting a major gateway, real use of human-to-human trust network will have to wait for some serious project to create an easy to understand UI and some actual compelling use for it, which I believe there are plenty of but this stuff is still way ahead of even almost most ripple nerds :-)
Alex Kravets
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2013-04-13T03:38:54.527Z
2013-04-13T03:38:54.527Z
Alex Kravets
<p>Inspired by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/ripplers/comments/1c51u2/anonymous_ripple/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> and <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/439/how-can-one-remain-relatively-anonymous-while-using-bitcoin">that</a>.</p>

<p>What can an individual that uses Ripple do in order to remain as anonymous as possible? How do Ripple's "anonymity profile" compare to Bitcoin?</p>

<p>One specific difference is that Ripple accounts need XRP to be opened, and that XRP has to come from somewhere, while Bitcoin accounts are free to create.</p>

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How can one remain relatively anonymous while using Ripple?
ripper234
# How can one remain relatively anonymous while using Ripple?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-11)

Inspired by [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/ripplers/comments/1c51u2/anonymous_ripple/) and [that](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/439/how-can-one-remain-relatively-anonymous-while-using-bitcoin).

What can an individual that uses Ripple do in order to remain as anonymous as possible? How do Ripple's "anonymity profile" compare to Bitcoin?

One specific difference is that Ripple accounts need XRP to be opened, and that XRP has to come from somewhere, while Bitcoin accounts are free to create.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-13. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Current client doesn't expose it yet, but each account is really an Account Family of un-linkable addresses which can be single use.

<https://ripple.com/wiki/Account_Family>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Damn, those Ripple devs thought of everything!  
> **username_1**: They incorporated all the lessons of bitcoin and more  
> **username_2**: Wouldn't the trust network give away identities though?  
> **username_1**: It's easy to be anonymous in the crowd trusting a major gateway, real use of human-to-human trust network will have to wait for some serious project to create an easy to understand UI and some actual compelling use for it, which I believe there are plenty of but this stuff is still way ahead of even almost most ripple nerds :-)  

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