Bottom line:
CoinValidation and its kind are bad for Bitcoin. What I expected was an open discussion on how to counter them. What I got was a closed discussion on why it may have merit.
You are missing it all over again. CoinValidation is not the Bitcoin Foundation nor the devs.
CoinValidation can be done, by anyone. And you can bet the NSA is already compiling a list, and linking address to email addresses (since so much is emailed these daya like the idiots at Coinbase.com do). Emails are easily linked to real identities. It's all there already so STOP YOUR CONSPIRACY BS.
The Foundation is discussing things that regulators are going to ask. Informed debate requires good understanding of all opposing views.
This is not bitcoin level. The Bitcoin devs are not going to implement stuff that hurts bitcoin - end of.
The foundation has no say over the bitcoin development team. end of.
Any changes made by the bitcoin devs still need to be adopted by miners, none of whom are going to hurt bitcoin interests.
So please, stop all this FUD and nonesense.