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Stories like these always remind me about Satoshi Nakamoto, who too, in this digital age has managed to remain unknown and at the same time very prominently be part of the technical community in the early days of bitcoin.



Fortunately, it's still possible to retain anonymity online. I wonder for how long.


But once you're out there, is it possible to go back into hiding?


It is as long as the state/ IPs do not have identity on every connection. It can even then be subverted, if somebody lets another user piggyback on that connection.




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