Quote from: theymos on Today at 11:15:25 AM

linking to darknet sites is already not allowed.

To be clear: not all .onion sites qualify as darknet, right? I assume I can still link to non-illegal sites (such as protonmailrmezxxxxxxxxxx.onion). Can you clarify this? I already saw some confusion about it earlier today.

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- In most cases, old posts will not be deleted. Nobody should be banned for old posts.

How about old avatars? Many inactive and even banned users still have an avatar from a Bitcoin mixer.

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It will continue to be OK to discuss mixers in a general sort of way. Just don't direct people to mixers: don't link to a mixer, don't link to a directory with links to mixers, don't tell people to "Google ASDFmixer", don't link to a mixer's telegram, etc.

How about Scams Bitcoin Mixers List and Services closed: I guess it has to be locked too. Phishing sites are going to love this change! Google has shown ads for fake mixers for years.

Quote from: dzungmobile on Today at 11:45:18 AM

Will it come to a time of KYC-mixers?

There's no point. If you want to break the link between input A and output B, any regular KYC Bitcoin exchange will do. Nobody on the planet will know the link, except for the exchange. And they'll keep it for the rest of eternity.

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It sounds weird now but maybe in future, it will happen and with KYC, mixers will be allowed by laws. The point is to avoid criminals to use mixers, not good people who want privacy to use mixers.

I'm pretty sure that's already allowed.

Quote from: mindrust on Today at 12:11:06 PM

It is official now, you cannot stay anonymous on the internet

Sure you can, open Tor browser and start over with a new identity.

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By 2030, no privacy, no private assets.

That's the real scary part: IRL privacy is getting worse and worse, and you can't get a new identity there.

Quote from: NotATether on Today at 12:15:16 PM

"KYC" and "mixers" in the same sentence makes it sound like an oxymoron.

It depends on who you're hiding from: I'm not allowed to hide my money from government, but I am allowed to not let my barista know I just visited the red light district (for coffee, of course). But I see no point in sending your KYC information to an anonymous party, or even a "known" party if they're hiding in the Cayman Islands.

Quote from: hugeblack on Today at 12:41:23 PM

2) Mixer links in signatures are allowed, but the announcement and deal agreement must be outside the forum (since links in signatures are an individual responsibility)

"Pssst! There's this thing we're not allowed to talk about it, but if you click the link under my post, you can read all about it!"
Nope, that's not going to work.

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on Today at 12:50:24 PM

- Hey, how can I gain privacy in Bitcoin?
- Use mixers!

More like: use different wallets for different purposes. Don't use your long-term hodling for buying coffee, and don't mix your coffee money with your weird fetish money.

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Would you rather have the entire forum shutdown?

I guess it became inevitable to ban mixers, but I didn't expect it to happen this fast. Just 2 days ago someone (a mixer) asked me in PM about the odds of mixers being banned. Things changed fast!

After CM was kicked off it's top position, many other mixers largely increased their advertising budget, all fighting to be the new #1. This went a lot faster than I expected.