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Yes you can send public information on private channels ..sure .. just as no one can STOP anyone from sharing their btc nsec on #nostr :-) But in reality private channel is used only when two parties trust each other ( PGP) .. On the other hand , public information can be shared with anonymous people ...

The point is - #bitcoin and #nostr are anonymous and public channels ... that is the design ... it is for users to protect their anonymity .... you are free to use your real pics, names or email in your public profile or you may use TOR and bunch of other tools to protect your ID ... that is strictly user choice ... BUT don't expect these protocols to provide you privacy ..

You can't have both the benefits ..

because if you want to relay truly private information , say your financial information , you got to make sure the party on the other end is really your financial advisor ..

If you don't want to take the pains to verify the true identity of receiver , then you can transmit only public information ..

Saberhagen The Nameless 1y ago

I think for the specific situations you are describing it is true like financial advisors etc (maybe even for many cases), but I still don't see how anonymity and privacy are mutually exclusive as concepts. They just aren't i.e. the things I've already stated like Bisq having both.

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Satosha 1y ago

I haven't tried Bisq .. I will check out ..

But we both have used cash .. I think it is NOT an anonymous transaction .. because even if we are tipping , we kinda know who we are giving the money to and why ..

Satosha 1y ago

I meant .. CASH transactions are well known to be private ... but we know for sure they are not Anonymous .. because if it is private it cant be anon ..

Saberhagen The Nameless 1y ago

Yes, but these things aren't cash. And technically there are ways you can use cash anonymously by at least one party involved (Drop-offs, donation boxes, mail with no/fake return address, P.O. Boxes, etc)

I get your point though. Usually it's not used that way. But my point is it is possible to be anonymous while also being private. There is no law of physics that makes them mutually exclusive. Agree to disagree I guess.