How is Bitcoin anonymous?
So my understanding is, you have a wallet, that wallet has a hash ID and thus is basically anonymous. But if someone connects that ID to you, you aren't anonymous anymore.
I heard you should use a new wallet for every transaction. But if I send money to the new wallet from my personal wallet, won't that be on blockchain forever? Thus making it identifiable? Or if I send euros/dolars to my new wallet, won't that connect me to the new wallet?
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The two wallets will forever be connected, sure. But, are they connected as two wallets belonging to the same person, or are they connected as a buyer and a seller?
Bitcoin is not inherently anonymous. Quite the reverse: Every transaction is deliberately public.
They're not. Everyone can see transactions and can absolutely follow the money and find you if they tried hard enough.