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> If the goal was anonymity

its a public ledger, the goal wasnt anonymity, it was autonomy

that's moving the goalposts. It was about anonymity too.

Just a nit - it was about pseudonymity, not anonymity.

Still worthless tech, but in the interest of fairness. :-D

Bitcoin's original design was a public ledger with all transactions publicly visible. That has never changed since the beginning.

True, but a not insignificant part of the pitch was also pseudonymity (rephrased from anonymity from strofcon's comment).