> The sole reason that Bitcoin is untraceable is because of mixers. Is it time to eliminate them?
Uh, the whole point of bitcoin is returning socioeconomic control to the people. Part of the socioeconomic control government exerts over its citizens is tracing financial transactions to punish those who make transactions the State has deemed "bad".
Getting rid of mixers just hands that control back to the State. Woudln't seem like much of a problem, if these policies weren't set by lobbyists and politicians with sick agendas. Who knows what could be a "bad" transaction tomorrow. Drones? CPUs without a TPM? All forms of pornography? Anti-government propoganda? We are talking about a massive slippery slope here.
Besides, moves like that just result in new tech further obfuscating things from the State, like always. Attempt to read everyone's messages, everyone will move to encrypted communication platforms. Attempt to ban mixed coins, people will adopt a cryptocurrency with an encrypted ledger or obfuscated transactional history.
Uh, the whole point of bitcoin is returning socioeconomic control to the people. Part of the socioeconomic control government exerts over its citizens is tracing financial transactions to punish those who make transactions the State has deemed "bad".
Getting rid of mixers just hands that control back to the State. Woudln't seem like much of a problem, if these policies weren't set by lobbyists and politicians with sick agendas. Who knows what could be a "bad" transaction tomorrow. Drones? CPUs without a TPM? All forms of pornography? Anti-government propoganda? We are talking about a massive slippery slope here.
Besides, moves like that just result in new tech further obfuscating things from the State, like always. Attempt to read everyone's messages, everyone will move to encrypted communication platforms. Attempt to ban mixed coins, people will adopt a cryptocurrency with an encrypted ledger or obfuscated transactional history.