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Re: Government sanctions on Bitcoin - What impact will they have?
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btc_angela
on 05/12/2018, 08:59:49 UTC
Hey there, so i came across a report from a regtech company about the latest sanctions on 2 Iran-related addresses.
Does that mean governments might start marking all dangerous addresses? How will BTC still be censorship resistant if govts would prosecute people for transacting with certain addresses?
I know there can be a lot of addresses, that's not the point. If blockchain analysis keep on improving, this might be a big threat.

UST press release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm556

My source: https://www.coinfirm.com/blog/iran-sanctions-more-in-high-risk-addresses-of-the-month-series-by-amlt

It doesn't have a big impact as far as I know. Those Iranians addresses have been identified as being used to scams or addresses used for criminal activities. If you yourself hasn't done anything so why bother?