You can criticize theymos as much as you want, but you should at least be fair.

The forum does not exist in a vacuum, it sits on a computer probably physically located in the U.S, owned by a U.S based company, the same thing goes for the domain, it's not truly owned by anyone as long as the government can seize it, it only takes a two-line letter for law enforcement and then you will be a welcomed with


So what do you expect? do you want him to risk the whole forum along with his freedom for BTC mixers advertisement? ya that would make him a hero but a stupid one, because the government would want any excuse they can use against the forum to take it down.

He probably gave them a bit more than they would have wanted "banning everything mixers" but he managed to run the forum for all these years, he probably knows some things that you and I don't, it's not easy to be his place, it's a place I sure wouldn't want to be at.

I understand the ambition and "fuck the police" kind of stuff, but this is the real world, you need to live -- to fight another day. When and if enough time has passed, and we as BTC community start engaging in real legislation, we would write the new laws accordingly, as it stands right now, the legislators are just old farts controlled by banks and large corporations, and we are just a minority that the majority of the world view as "Crazy group of nerds wasting their precious dollars on some imaginary internet coins", it's way too early to flex against governments, this is the sad reality that we need to live with.