In reply to wormseye.

Bitcoin is not anonymous and a "drug cartel" that uses it would be leaving a permanent trail of their transaction activity. The fact is that it is VERY difficult to use Bitcoin anonymously.

You may be aware that the blockchain is a public ledger. There are legitimate concerns with privacy in Bitcoin since all the transactions are on display for the public to see. Once your public key address is identified, that address can be used to view all the transaction history attributed to it, the current balance, as well as input and output addresses.

With so many complexities to Bitcoin, it's easy to see how hard it is to understand even for those who say "Why is this so hard to understand?".