Quote from: Lucius on Today at 03:26:02 PM

It's not about mixers at all because they are basically not illegal and only a small part of the transactions that pass through them come from illegal sources, but "they" are actually looking for weak points in the system through which they will then "satanize" all those who have anything to do with what we can call "Satoshi Bitcoin".

But then they can attack any body who is using Bitcoin. They could in fact start with the Core developers and theymos himself. Maybe then also some of the more prevalent members of Bitcoin Talk.

At which point I ask again, of what help is it to ban Mixers on Bitcoin Talk? If they want to crack down, they will. At any point in the future with any kind of excuse or reason. Ban Mixers today and get arrested for conspiracy to Money Laundering tomorrow. They do not need to FIND something. It is enough to ruin the reputation badly enough. How hard is it to make articles and documentaries about the 'suspicious side of Bitcoin', the side being Bitcoin Talk Signature Campaigns and such?

It is clear they are increasingly forcing more hate into Bitcoin. But we need to stand up and fight, not accept and obey.

By banning Mixers we can also ban Monero and Coin Joins. They are doing about the same thing. What is the difference? The main idea is to use them to cover your prints. So then Authorities can easily say we should ban every thing related to Privacy too.

Next up is what? Trezor deciding to remove Tor out of Trezor Suite? Electrum being legally enforced to produce new versions with no more Tor or Miners being restricted from using Tor at all? They are all methods to Privacy and if we give up one, we have to give them all up.

Otherwise it sounds even more suspicious to ban only the Services that can be seized or sanctioned. Why ban only Mixers which can be legally seized but not ban Monero and Coin Join supporting Wallets? Oh! Do you happen to like these because they let you hide better, you suspect?

Any route you go, the result is the same. Bitcoin Talk either becomes censored which defeats the entire purpose Satoshi created this all or Bitcoin Talk decides to stand up against Censorship.

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Quote from: Shishir99 on Today at 03:45:44 PM

What if the admin does not care what are you talking about? Surely he is scared about it. He could have better reason like he got threats from somewhere or any kind of legal notice. But, nothing happened. I see bitcoin talk as a public forum just like other forums on the internet. If the forum does not moderate scams, then why moderate mixers when it's not illegal?

If theymos does not care about us who stand against Censorship, then the creation of Satoshi is doomed. Bitcoin Talk is one of the VERY few remaining websites where you can still input your opinion no matter what. Theymos himself standing against us is self destructive in my opinion.

As soon as Bitcoin Talk does Censorship I will start looking for an alternative and I am convinced I am not the only one. This place would only become more of a hell hole than it already is. And if to him a Bitcoin Talk with no more people like us but filled instead to the edge with Shit Coins and scammers is better just so 'they do not shut the Forum down' then so be it. It will probably go down the route of all the other Forums where every body only posted to be paid and you were stuck in a loop of parrots speaking to walls.