#美联储降息 Viewing the truth of things from a criminal standpoint
Analyzing the essence of the case from a human perspective
Friends who often engage in 'shady' activities always say: with a Samsung in one hand and an unregistered Apple in the other, paired with an overseas SIM card and a blockchain wallet, roaming in the gray areas of the internet, isn't this world mine to gallop through?
Speaking of blockchain wallets, they are essentially 'pockets' for storing virtual currency. Many people's first reaction upon hearing this is 'security', 'anonymity', 'no one can trace it'. This statement is not entirely incorrect.
If you only created a wallet and left it untouched, it would indeed be very anonymous, as long as no law enforcement intervenes, no one can know who you are. The problem is, once you move the funds, it’s another story; finding out who you are can happen in minutes. You see, Satoshi Nakamoto still dares not touch their Bitcoin wallet, and there’s a reason for that—either the person is gone, or as soon as they move the wallet, the whole world starts analyzing and reasoning, and the exposure risk skyrockets.
Virtual currencies do have anonymity, but another important feature is traceability. All transactions are permanently recorded on the blockchain, cannot be tampered with, and cannot be deleted. Every time you make a transfer, it may become a clue for exposing your identity. If the frequency is high, even high technology is not needed; the uncle can quickly lock you down.
Let’s take TRON as an example and discuss how your wallet address gradually reveals your identity:
You first created a blockchain wallet, wrote down the mnemonic phrase by hand, and locked it in your safe at home. At this point, it was indeed safe and anonymous.
Then you received a payment in USDT. If the other party remained anonymous and did not expose themselves, your address would still be 'clean' for the time being.
But you keep staring at that string of numbers in your wallet, wanting to turn it into real money. This thought brings you closer to exposure.
You found out that transferring requires gas fees, for example, TRX, which costs about 30 for one transfer. You spent 100 yuan to buy 50 TRX on the exchange and transferred them into your wallet. Congratulations, your identity information has been leaked just like that.
You thought about changing methods, buying 100 TRX in an anonymous group, but you ended up using Alipay for the transfer, and your identity was exposed again.
You started to become alert and switched to cash, managing to acquire 100 TRX through multiple intermediaries, finally avoiding tracking.
But you have 1 million USDT in your wallet, and you want to sell it gradually. As soon as you deposit it into an exchange, your identity is exposed again.
So you turned to over-the-counter trading, receiving payments through a bank account, but you were still investigated.
Even if you are smarter and switch to cash, finding a cryptocurrency trader for offline transactions, you exchange coins, and they give you cash, it seems seamless. But don’t forget: the trader knows who you are, and their wallet address is exposed on the blockchain. If something goes wrong, the uncle will first look for them, and as soon as they point, he will know it’s you.
To be honest, there’s no perfect solution to this issue. The only reliable method might be to exchange virtual currency for physical goods, avoiding exchanges and not converting to fiat currency, but this still does not completely eliminate the possibility of identity exposure.
Therefore, the so-called 'complete anonymity of blockchain' is a fallacy in the face of big data. As long as an address is used multiple times, it becomes difficult to escape scrutiny. Moreover, these analytical paths can be thought of by retail investors, and professionals can trace them even more easily with technical means.
Ultimately, the safest method is just one: don’t have any crooked thoughts, don’t engage in illegal activities. Because—if you reach out, you will be caught.
Do you think there is any method that can truly achieve perfect anonymity?
About Dayi
The founder of the Dayi Blockchain (Chongqing) Legal Consulting Center, Dayi, has been in the self-media industry for nine years, with seven physical stores in Chongqing, five years of experience in various exchanges and cryptocurrency businesses, and is a staunch believer in Bitcoin, helping fans successfully appeal and unfreeze hundreds of cryptocurrency-related bank accounts, with dozens of successful appeals for mistakenly included names on the blacklist!
