Quote from: ArticMine on July 23, 2016, 10:21:46 PM

Quote from: kiklo on July 23, 2016, 10:02:26 PM

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IMO, what Spoetnik has said, is when you use an exchange, they record your Name & Address & SS# & in some cases your Picture ID.
Every Exchange has a record of exactly how much Monero you purchased and how much you sent out and how much you received, and at what time intervals, all of this information can be cross referenced. (Does not matter if monero is never cracked, they can still find you.)

Tor does not protect your IP address as asshats get arrested all of the Time and the FBI refused to revel how they found them.

All the US Gov has to do , is list monero as a money launder tool or terrorist tool, and every exchange and every other Business where you purchased anything will give up your real name & address , including IP address , so fast it will make your head swim, then have someone at your home requesting to view your private transactions and keys which the mere refusal would give you jail time. Tongue

You guys really fail to understand what you are up against , sadly only changes in international & local laws or straight up rebellion will end this nonsense.

Anon is just a joke, in the current society, because the deck has been stacked against anon , from before most here were even born. Tongue

In short they would have to ban it. This would mean changing the law to make it illegal not the other way around as the above incorrectly implies. Even then there is the issue of ex post facto law. I would start by reading the actual guidance(s) on crypto currency form FinCEN before making assumptions about the legality of certain crypto currencies in the United States. Here is a good place to start. https://fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html

The first question I would ask is does your favorite crypto currency meet the definition of De-Centralized Virtual Currency under the FinCEN guidance above?

Edit 1: Russia has considered making crypto currency illegal. We will see if this actually happens and what impact that will have on US law.
Edit 2: As a baby boomer I am old enough to remember both the hight of the cold war, and when cash was king for most payments.

You're a little defensive, huh?
Sorry to burst your anon bubble.

They don't have to ban anything or change any laws, they can just guess you are associated with a crime and just send a warrant to anyone who has done bussiness with a monero user , requesting your IP, Your Name , and your address or your bank account # .
Which means if you ever had anything mailed to you or cashed out to a bank account, they have you. Don't forget if you were dumb enough to give an exchange a picture ID, that can also be cross referenced. Which by the way, if you can't buy or sell or cash out of monero , it is really of no use.

IMO, ZEIT is decentralized, but we don't make any pretense to the foolishness of anon.
Anyone can look at the block explorer to see anything on any address without a warrant, which in a truly free society is the way it should be.
You think anon will protect you from a corrupt world government, but you are using systems that report your information all of the time.

Cool

FYI:
Even Cash is tracked by it's Serial Numbers and those little chips inside each bill.
Go thru the airport and they can tell exactly how much money you are carrying without even needing to see it.
(And they had this ability in the 1980s.)

FYI2:
Personally, I hope that the laws could be changed to restore true freedom to the people of the world.
But odds are it will be like it has always been , and Thomas Jefferson said it best.

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.