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"Otherwise, Libra can be used "anonymously" just like Bitcoin. You download a client, you generate an identity and then you can receive/send it."

Bitcoin can be used anonymously if you avoid KYC on/off ramps and specific transactions tied to your identity. Hard but possible. From Libra's white paper this appears impossible. That's a big difference.

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> From Libra's white paper this appears impossible.

How so? Can you be specific? I quote the whitepaper:

"The Libra Blockchain is pseudonymous and allows users to hold one or more addresses that are not linked to their real-world identity."

The only difference that I see is that you could mine Bitcoin anonymously. You could also buy Bitcoin with cash in a private transaction, but the same can be said for Libra.

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