So , I bought my first ETH back in 2017, in person, at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris ( for those who know it )
I paid in cash, the guy transferred it directly to my Jaxx wallet at the time, then I moved it to my Ledger
My question is : Are these ETH completely invisible to anyone ? Especially governments/tax authorities, etc ?
They haven’t moved from my Ledger since 2017, and since I bought them in a shop totally anonymously with cash, I figure this purchase is “ invisible “
Thanks to anyone who can answer 😁
( Translated from French to English by Grok )
Posted by PinoTo0ns
2 Comments
Nothing is invisible on a public open ledger. The source and owner might be.
No, all addresses are public domain and the tokens they hold can be viewed by anyone on a block explorer like Etherscan.
The movement from the person you bought from to your Jaxx wallet and then to your Ledger is all traceable on-chain via transaction hashes.
Crypto is pseudonymous not anonymous.