Quote from: franky1 on Today at 01:12:12 PM

rules are not made just for elites.. its just words on paper. words do not care what age or income someone has.. its just that elites bother to educate themselves to learn the rules to find the loopholes.. you can too just by doing the research
for instance many people should know that loans are a tax free receipt of funds. so make your pseudonymous self give your certified self a personal loan. thus the income your certified self gets is tax free(write yourself a contract as proof of loan). other things like create a trust/corporate entity.. do as the elites do. its not rocket science. it just takes learning how they do it

Debt is tax free, that's a good point. Overall, when I say rules are written for elites I mean, the fine is still $50 (for example) for poor guy and for a billionaire. When you are employed you can't avoid taxes while it's easier for your employee to avoid it by moving business in offshores or Ireland is a good example. Why do these offshores exist? For rich people to not pay high taxes. Definitely you can open your business in offshores but here we talk about average citizen who depends on paycheck.

Quote from: franky1 on Today at 01:12:12 PM

first of all learn the difference between tax avoidance vs tax evasion.. it will change the results of who does or does not knock at your door

I know the difference but my point is, let's say Bitcoin is my only source of income, I have a bitcoin business. The government only cares when I receive money in my bank account and sends me a letter to pay taxes but when I am left without source of money, they don't knock on my door and ask: Hey Mister, you have no income, how do you manage to feed yourself and your family, how can we help you? So, if they don't care about me and my family, then I think it's none of their business how I earn money. It's also ridiculous when self-employeed person has to pay taxes.

Quote from: franky1 on Today at 01:12:12 PM

there is no default ongoing relationship.. again you assume you are being watched all the time.. reality is your not. however if someone makes a report against you.. then the monitoring relationship begins..
its the same with child social services. government dont watch kids all day.. but as soon as a report is made. then hell starts

I get your point and I agree with you on that and from my previous post you would probably understand that if you intend to become more than average Joe, you have to worry about that. If you are an average Joe who lives on paycheck or simply, doesn't have big dreams, then definitely this Joe won't be watched but it's not like you are completely out of their radar, I am genuinely 100% sure that absolutely everyone is watched randomly. I genuinely believe that algorithms of Google, Facebook and popular platforms save your certain messages when you mention this or that word. The fact is, if you do nothing wrong, no one will catch you.
I get your point and not 100% but somewhere 80%, I agree with you. I hope you got my point too Cheesy

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Quote from: franky1 on September 22, 2023, 09:22:26 AM

if blackhat was really that concerned. he would have learned by now(after being told many times) that mixers are in regulators list of suspicious activity that does generate investigation reports. and so to avoid being investigated, he would try to move away from such things

As far as I understand, you are saying that if you want to stay anonymous, you have to hide that you are trying to be anonymous, right? That's where I agree with you but do transactions received from mixer look unnatural? If mixer does its job really well, then I think it's not a problem but I would lean on the side of manual coinjoin.

silly thing is.. people like blackhat not only advertise using mixers but he also shows guides of how mixers work, where it reveals the amounts the coins are split into and gives examples.. thus making it very easy for any analyst to then use his guides to then see other examples of others using it to then find the pattern.

most mixers are too obvious. and thats what oeleo and blackhat cry about.. they dont like that mixers are not just obvious. but also suspicious behavior listed and that their lax attempts of mixing get spotted so obviously. they cry that the law should not forbid suspicious activity rather then realise they should not use something so obviously lame/lazy. if something is so easily spotted as suspicious.. then your not doing your job right of being private

its like walking down a street but not wanting to be seen. but doing so by obviously and acutely jumping behind bushes and cars.. which makes people notice you more as being weird, out of place.. you know.. stupid tactics.. there are other ways to not get noticed. especially not promote that you want to hide

I can't talk about blackhat (I don't know him and I rarely notice his posts) and o_e_l_e_o but one thing that I can say for sure is that o_e_l_e_o is a treasure of this forum, this man is very educated, helpful and I believe his intend is to really increase the awareness of the importance of privacy. If you check his posts, you'll understand that he doesn't promote mixers but privacy overall.

Quote from: franky1 on Today at 01:12:12 PM

its like walking down a street but not wanting to be seen. but doing so by obviously and acutely jumping behind bushes and cars.. which makes people notice you more as being weird, out of place.. you know.. stupid tactics.. there are other ways to not get noticed. especially not promote that you want to hide

That's right! I agree with you but virtual world gives you slightly different reality, sometimes you can hide without saying that you are going to hide.

Overall, I like your logic here and I appreciate your different opinion! Thanks!