# Concrete rationale behind the anonymous transfer usage?

**URL:** <https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/concrete-rationale-behind-the-anonymous-transfer-usage/1543>\
**Category:** Applications & Usage\
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/concrete-rationale-behind-the-anonymous-transfer-usage/1543 "2021-12-13T22:47:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/michel/32/1026_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/concrete-rationale-behind-the-anonymous-transfer-usage/1543/1 "2021-12-13T22:47:07Z")

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Hello, can someone explain me concretely the rationale behind the Anonymous transfer usage. I know it helps to listen to messages or send messages without nodeID assignment. So beyond this explanation, can somebody elaborate more with practical use case and examples. thx

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**Author:** ![scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/user_avatar/forum.opencyphal.org/scottdixon/32/39_2.png) [@scottdixon](https://forum.opencyphal.org/u/scottdixon)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.opencyphal.org/t/concrete-rationale-behind-the-anonymous-transfer-usage/1543/2 "2021-12-15T01:03:23Z")

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The primary use is for dynamic-node-id assignment. A node that has no ID needs anonymous access to the node-id server so it can switch to normal messaging.