Quote from: Lucius on August 22, 2020, 10:19:23 AM

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on August 22, 2020, 09:18:54 AM

Quote from: Lucius on August 21, 2020, 10:56:28 AM

I would not agree that freedoms are actually increasing, especially financial ones were in many countries everything is already under the full control of Big Brother. The whole set of laws introduced by the Americans after the attack 9/11 actually allowed not only the USA to become a totally controlled state, but the pressure from the Americans on other countries is constantly increasing to do the same.

If you think you are free then you haven't been paying attention. Even the things we know about are horrendous.

I do not know from what you conclude that I think I am free, because on the contrary I think that all human freedoms are constantly diminishing in all countries, especially in the so-called great democracies of the Western world. In my country which is a member of the EU, for years there is absolute control of the tax administration over all bank accounts, every and the smallest transaction is visible to the authorities.

It is quite clear to me that we live in a totally spy society, all social networks, computers, mobile phones, cameras on the streets and shops are networked and monitor every person - and I am also aware that things are happening in the background far from the public eye, we only see what they want.

Betwrong&bbc.reporter, BTC blockchain is public, all the data is available to anyone to monitor and study as much as they want. Some call it the advantage that BTC has over the existing financial system, others might say that it is a weakness that the authorities will take advantage of if the need arises. Realistically, as one US congressman said, Bitcoin is still a small baby that can be very easily manipulated and does not pose a great danger. I have no doubt that things will become completely different if a small baby becomes too dangerous for those who rule the world.

However, clearly bitcoin's data transparency is more of a disadvantage than an advantage. It will create a scenario where coins are not valued the same. This is also we have mixers and the argument that everyone should mix their coins regularly to create a big, indistinguishable, anonymous pool of transactions.