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[Guide] Use Bitcointalk (more) privately
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on 19/03/2023, 16:42:24 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (12) ,dkbit98 (10) ,NeuroticFish (10) ,hugeblack (6) ,DdmrDdmr (4) ,mole0815 (3) ,dzungmobile (2) ,FatFork (2) ,ABCbits (2) ,royalfestus (1) ,Rikafip (1) ,ETFbitcoin (1) ,iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2 (1) ,Lucius (1)
Motivated by recent events [1-2], I decided to compile a list of sensible advice that forum users can take to improve their privacy. More suggestions are of course welcome!

To be clear: Bitcointalk is a centralized forum, whose operator(s) may or may not [3] have to hand out IP addresses and other personally identifiable information in the worst case. Full IP addresses and geolocation data retained for months or even years. Your posts are [4-6] archived basically forever.

  • Do not post privately identifiable information about yourself.
  • Do not post information that ties your Bitcointalk identity to other online identities.
  • Use a dedicated Email address for your Bitcointalk account.
  • Opt into limited IP retention.
  • Use Tor Browser to access Bitcointalk.
  • Bookmark your personal Captcha Bypass URL to avoid JavaScript and connection to Google (as well as the hassle of solving those).
  • Stake your Bitcoin address for account recovery (since IP-based won't work now).
  • Ironically: mix, tumble, CoinJoin or submarine-swap your campaign funds to a Lightning wallet. Anything that improves your on-chain privacy.


I am aware that Tor is not perfect and not entirely untraceable and that better privacy measures do exist, but these should provide you relatively good privacy at little 'extra cost'. Especially with that captcha code, and the lightweight nature of the forum without lots of fancy, big graphics, it is extremely usable through Tor.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935179.msg61920144#msg61920144
[2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935098.msg61916953#msg61916953
[3] https://bitcointalk.org/privacy.php
[4] https://ninjastic.space/search
[5] https://loyce.club/archive/posts/
[6] https://archive.today