1) Anyone can stay anonymous if he wants to stay anonymous
2) bitcoin was designed to put banks aside peoples cant understand that, that can be understanded only from peoples wich understand the term "privacy"
3) 2018 & peoples buy bitcoins from exchanges only if their have verify their identify verified, thoose peoples dont understand the term "privacy"
4) if you want privacy hold & use p2p exchanges - localbitcoins instead of online exchanges services.
5) A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow [online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution].
