Immikejones, Bitcoin transactions are permanently and publicly recorded in what is known as the blockchain. You would not want to open, say, a coinbase account under your true identity and then purchcase coins and transfer them directly to your silk road account. General guidelines are to split a deposit up among as many different wallets and similarly sized transactions so as to eliminate the link between the sending and receiving wallets. This is done through various means including bitcoin mixing (including time) and creative ways of procuring coin initially. Read up. If someone spells it all out for you it is less likely you will understand the gravity and importance of what you are doing.