Quote from: MoonShadow on June 21, 2011, 08:55:37 PM

Quote from: anonimouse on June 21, 2011, 07:41:10 PM

Quote from: alepintchap on June 21, 2011, 07:20:00 PM

I thought the whole point was to be de-centralized and not regulated...

exactly. i like google and all of their free products, but i think this move pretty much violates the central concept of bitcoins.

No, the central point of Bitcoins is to allow the user the choices. Other options can't be decentralized nor anonymous. Just how far the user wants to go do that rabbit hole is entirely up to them.

EXACTLY. With Bitcoin, user can choose how much anonymity he desires. Some don't care and some do... all along a gradient.