What's the downfall with verifying your identity? Unless I'm missing something I can do this for you, shoot me a PM if you want.
Nothing, I guess people don't like sending their ID to shady sites.
government(s) could grow a database of people that if they determine bitcoin was illegal they could prosecute us. they do whatever they want
I doubt it too but retroactive law changing does happen. I remember (hopefully correctly
) a couple of years back in the UK some guy admitted publically to murder after the the statute of limitations ran out. There was big social unrest for this 'injustice' and they retroactively changed the statute of limitations for murder to be indefinite and convicted him based on his confession. Even though the guy is a scumbag that seemed totally unfair to me.
i guess they don't want any future cold case murders to be solved by confession even if the men aren't convicted. They'd rather just not know. Yay for the victim's families!