Because your ip address goes directly to your internet connection, ie, your house, place of work, etc...  So even if your wallet address isn't traceable, you are still exposing your ip address to the network.  If someone is recording that information, they can follow a payment directly from you to the person you paid's address.  This information is not being recorded on the block chain, and it would take someone on the network logging this information to get it while it's happening, but still, we don't want any holes because holes get ripped open after a while.

"Just as you would address a letter to send in the mail, computers use the unique identifier to send data to specific computers on the inter web. "

Yup, just a call to your iSP and they can ask who had this IP address at this time on this day, and they can say exactly who

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

This is the wrong place to ask, as this is the DarkCoin thread.  Try asking here:

https://litecoin.org/


EDIT:  Please report back when they give you an answer.

No, he's having a good day. In fact, more people should be asking the same questions.

Agreed, especially since things have been changing so much.  I mean, just the fact that the mixing happens first makes you have to reset your mind on what's happening to the coins.

So they don't care about privacy of their users financial transactions, and don't mind letting the Litecoin users reveal their exact identity on the inter web?

Well, that doesn't sound right. Charles Lee wouldn't allow that to happen. That could put people in danger? Do you have your facts straight?

LOL!!!!!!  thats awesome....why would I want to hide my IP address from my financial transactions, because my IP leads to my home/business and what I do with my money is of nobody's damn business but my own...that why!  

Scrypt ASIC is answer.


I think coins101 wants this.