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Re: Mixers to be banned
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PrivacyG
on 02/12/2023, 22:42:06 UTC
⭐ Merited by hugeblack (6) ,mikeywith (2) ,khaled0111 (1) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
Are you willing to do that publicly? Judging by your username, and judging by what I've read about you, you value your privacy. I don't think Bitcointalk's Admin isn't as anonymous as you are, which means there can be real-life consequences.
I do agree there can be real life consequences.  This is why I am thinking of a different approach.  I think censoring from the start is drawing a very thin line and makes the future even more uncertain for Bitcoin Talk,
A better route would have been maybe requiring Mixers to advertise on Bitcoin Talk only if the links direct you first to a page where you are shown some sort of warning about using the Service for criminal purposes.  Or requiring such warning to be included in the Signature Campaign.  Some body who WANTS to use a Mixer will look for it anyway, whether the link is available on Bitcoin Talk directly or not.  After all, you can not oblige some body to not break the law.  But you can show a preventive warning.

I think it is not as important for the safety of theymos to BAN Mixers straight away as it is to rather promote a strong statement against the use of criminal funds with existing Mixers.  I imagine the Dutch Local Authorities would not be too happy to find out theymos has banned Mixers only to continue promoting Coin Joins but will instead be much happier if theymos made it clear every single time that Mixers are NOT to be used with illegal funds.

Otherwise it sets a dangerous precedent.

I think of it like smoking ads.  You are being told cigarettes can destroy your health.  Now you know the risk and continuing to do so will only decline your health.  Even at a first glance, it would make Bitcoin Talk much less suspicious to Authorities than the version we have today.  Then the possible consequences are much lower for theymos too.  What can they do to some body who has explicitly publicly stood against the criminal use of Mixers?  Now compare that to what they can do to some body who banned Mixers only to continue supporting the one thing they hate the MOST.  Coin Joins and Monero.  They would have a much better case to form that way.

I guess.