Quote from: Integic on July 19, 2015, 12:34:57 PM

Quote from: subSTRATA on July 19, 2015, 12:31:03 PM

Quote from: Integic on July 19, 2015, 12:27:51 PM

Quote from: subSTRATA on July 19, 2015, 12:11:34 PM

none of that info is visible to the public, when you send a transaction all that is visible on the blockchain is the address you sent coins to, the addresses of the output of the coins sent, and the amount sent. no personal information is ever required to transact coins.

I'm confused. When people talk about the "address", is that the random identifier like
1415RPuMbBkagyAnC9mv3v3aZiHpTiFHar (random address I just picked from live public transactions)
Or is it the IP address? If its the IP, where is that information available? I cannot see it in a transactions page:
https://blockchain.info/address/1BrpVMvvXRxz51WtaKg4toMTmBPWEHV7BE

no, that address 1415RPuMbBkagyAnC9mv3v3aZiHpTiFHar is the address that is displayed to the network. ie, if a "bob" owned that address, i would send coins to 1415RPuMbBkagyAnC9mv3v3aZiHpTiFHar if i wanted to send money to a hypothetical "bob."

the blockchain doesnt track or record ip addresses, except the ip of the node that relayed the transaction. again, tracking the ip form where a transaction originated would take immense amounts of effort from an attacker.

Ok. So its the receiving Bitcoin address like XfDfg455...
Trying to understand: Why would a person want to hide their Bitcoin address? Since there is no personal information attached with the transaction.

And I can always get a new address, correct? When I make a new wallet. On Blockchain.info there's a button for "New Address". I made another one and it is listed there now.
I could have one address for this transaction and I can create other addresses for a later transaction to a different recipient. So the two transactions cannot be linked, correct?
Just trying to understand why people would want to hide their address.

I just want to confirm that even the recipient can not know my real name, home address, phone number etc, right?

What I wrote in bold is definitly not a Bitcoin adress , Bitcoin adresses start with either 1 or 3 . Private keys (most of them) start with a 5 . (Never give the private key) . Unless what you posted is for another Cryptoo currency

Some people have huge amounts on their wallets because they used them on different transactions on some forums or website and they are public , so you could link each one to another and they don't like that . that's why you should create a new adress for each transaction to stay annonymus .

and yes , receipt can't get those informations as we said above .

Just an advice : Try to change your wallet , switch to something like Multibit HD , Electrum or Bitcoin COre because Blockchain.info is an Online wallet and online wallets aren't that trustable and if they get hacked , your coins are lost . (same goes for exchange websites)