On: Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison

[gknoy]

What's the point of an anonymous receiving identity if there's a trail of where the bitcoins came from is visible as soon as you go to use it to pay for house/car/rent/colocation? I must be missing something about Bitcoin's usability for nefarious purposes.

[jrogers65 → gknoy]

You exchange your bitcoins for traditional currency using an exchange then pay by cash.

You can even buy bitcoins with cash - http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4616/how-can-one-...

Meaning that no transaction ever touches anything related to your identity.

[krichman → jrogers65]

The solution appears to be sending cash in the mail. That's a bit less than ideal.

[jrogers65 → krichman]

It's also possible to do it in person, from what I gather. Definitely less than ideal but anonymity is almost guaranteed.