This discussion isn't about politics, but about fear. I am seeing a disturbing trend in Bitcoin development towards centralization with e-wallets (bitcoincard), tainting, coloring, proof-of-stake, etc. It is what it is. The threat from the state is real.
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I've seen some discussions about colored coins, curiously enough promoted by the state sucker this topic is about.
AFAICT, all use cases for coin coloring that I saw being promoted could very well be implemented by Open Transactions (stocks, financial instruments etc), which has a level of anonymity even higher than Bitcoin in some cases. Why the urge to introduce a perfect tool for surveillance in Bitcoin if what they claim to want to solve can be better solved by another protocol, built precisely for it?