# Is ppcoin less anonymous than POW coin?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/is-ppcoin-less-anonymous-than-pow-coin/433>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 13, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/is-ppcoin-less-anonymous-than-pow-coin/433 "2013-10-13T15:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![romerun](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@romerun](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/romerun)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/is-ppcoin-less-anonymous-than-pow-coin/433/1 "2013-10-13T15:11:32Z")

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If you solo mine your own coin on POW and use it, it’s untraceable. I wonder if coin mined with POS contains the origin of the stake mining it, thereby can be traced.