Quote from: ranochigo on Today at 02:51:52 PM

I don't think Bitcoin should have to adapt to solve every single issue out there, it simply can't. Altcoins can be much more versatile in this aspect and Bitcoin should focus on its core ideas from when it was created in 2009.

Satoshi specifically mentioned Privacy as part of how Bitcoin works, and I personally think this part of his project has been left behind for many, many years. We're talking about a project that obviously couldn't protect itself from all negative sides and all potential outcomes, especially those that might have not been predicted by Satoshi back then.. one of them being blockchain analysis. His attempt to break the links between coins and owners has failed.

Quote from: ranochigo on Today at 02:51:52 PM

If your exchange blocks transactions, then you probably shouldn't use it. Actual P2P exchange like Bisq doesn't have this issue. Bitcoin is fungible, 1 BTC = 1 BTC.

Not anymore though - my 1 BTC is not equal to your 1 BTC anymore if mine comes from a mixer and yours comes from an exchange. My coins are now considered by most exchanges as tainted. What if your government considers them to be tainted as well, but kept quiet so far?

P2P exchanges like Bisq falls into the same category Monero does. It pretty much anonymizes your trading activity as much as it can. This is why the "XMR is bad" argument falls short imo.. if mixers and Bisq are suggestions, then the way XMR works is automatically a solution and not a problem.

Quote from: stompix on Today at 03:34:48 PM

No, it wasn't and people should really stop creating themselves reasons as to why Bitcoin was created for. Satoshi only once used the term fiat money and while talking about the government he actually went against a phrase that claimed the same as you

It would be a big mistake to release a system that works against banks/fiat and publicly advertise it that way if you ever want people to join and support it.

The message he left in the Genesis block says a lot about his intentions. He didn't just randomly choose the article - it was chosen for a reason. When I say "fiat", I am talking about banks as well. I think banks are one of the main parts of how fiat works, and Satoshi's system was created in a trustless manner - something that eliminates the need of banks. Had Satoshi directly mentioned the system was anti-governmental and anti-banks, Bitcoin would have failed terribly.

Quote from: stompix on Today at 03:34:48 PM

Bitcoin was created as a p2p payment system, nothing more, it wasn't meant as something to replace fiat, to replace banks [snip]

Abstract: "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution."