Linda Xie: Bitcoin and Ethereum are pseudonymous, not anonymous
Linda Xie · An Intro to Crypto: Building Blocks · May 5, 2018 · at 18:18
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Linda Xie, co-founder of Scalar Capital, addresses privacy myths surrounding major public blockchains.
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“There's this misconception that Bitcoin and Ethereum are anonymous. Well, that's actually not true. They're pseudonymous, which means it doesn't use the real identity.”
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