So what is going on with Wasabi's jurisdiction change? dkbit98 was the one who brought that up I think. Since they are now operating from a different jurisdiction or are relocating somewhere else, is there any noteworthy news that this censorship drama will be dropped? They have not yet (to our knowledge) started censoring any "dirty" coins. I am not sure they will ever regain their reputation or the lost community trust but it doesn't seem like they are trying either.
Exactly. The lost reputation is not recoverable. Specially since the problem wasn't just the censorship, it was them being shady about it and the fact that they didn't show any kind of hesitation or resistance against implementing such privacy violating actions. That means even if they didn't "censor dirty coins" they can still continue working with the chain analysis companies to deanonymize mixed coins without users knowledge!
Regarding the argument that
'they have not blacklisted anything yet!', I just wrote elsewhere. For all we know, they might already be sharing each and every single CoinJoin input with their blockchain analysis company, just either ignoring their
opinions about UTXOs or they might be all coming out
green for now. Or the
red percentage is just very low so there are no reported cases of blacklisting.
That does not mean that user inputs are not already shared with their blockchain analysis company, though!
The problem is not that your input can get declined; in that case, you take another one and call it a day, sure. And if they don't do it yet at all, even better.
What we don't know is whether they're already sharing UTXOs with external companies before each and every CoinJoin. There has been no confirmation or denial of this information, yet.
Not only the blacklisting update itself should have been disturbing enough, but also the fact they
had to specifically mention the first CoinJoin not to have blacklisting enabled as a promotional offer.
Wanna become part of the first ever Wasabi 2.0 main net CoinJoin?
There’s no UTXO filtering, the minimum amount to join is 0.00005 BTC, small amounts don’t pay a coordination fee.
Imagine
'there is no UTXO filtering' is used like some sort of 'goodie' or 'specialty' *just today!*-type deal.. Of a privacy wallet. Sir, I can send any UTXO to anyone, on any day of the week (not just when Wasabi is holding a 'special event'), by just using a different wallet. You're living in a different universe.