OK, but it is actually possible to be extremely private with bitcoin if you want to.<p>If you use things like bitcoin mixers, or pay&#x2F;sell bitcoin for cash, it can be extremely difficult for people to track you in a mass collection scenario.<p>People get away with buying drugs on the internet, or blackmailing people with ransomware all the time and most of them don&#x27;t get caught.<p>Sure, if the government is sending black vans to your house to spy on everything you do, you are probably screwed no matter what you do.<p>But most situations aren&#x27;t like that. And bitcoin fits the bill for being pretty darn anonymous if you actually go about it right.