Re: [ANN][XCN] Cryptonite | 1st mini-blockchain coin | M7 PoW | No Premine
The bad news is you need ring signatures for real anonymity at the moment.
The good news is many people are working on better forms of obfuscation for Bitcoin, so whatever they come up with can be glommed on to XCN, and probably with improvements thanks to XCN's advanced features.
Coinjoin is a start, with XC, DarkCoin, and ZeroCoin actively trying to improve upon it. 'DarkNite' has a nice ring to it!
People sense that many governments / politicians are going to fight the new economy, and people think this or that kind of anonymity will be useful http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7168919 but who knows.
Ultimately it will be like every abrupt change in society, the smart vs the rich, or the stupid vs the poor.