Below is a decent primer on using bitcoin anonymously. I recommend everyone interested in Bitcoin read and understand this article. I realize many of you will think a lot of the guide is cumbersome and overly paranoid. That’s fine—you decide what’s right for your own life. But let me just say this: there will only ever be 21 million bitcoin and this thing is not going away any time soon. Five years from now, there’s no telling who might be interested in your bitcoin and what they might be willing to do to get it from you.