Quote from: BenCodie on December 07, 2023, 07:22:46 AM

Mixers offer privacy. Mixers are being taken away. The mixer ban is a hindrance to privacy. The board will be a supplement for that hindrance - and for those that feel hindered by the removal of mixers from the forum, the board might provide legitimate supplements to the removal.

You're right that mixers were intended to offer privacy in the beginning but they were also run and managed by humans and that means the ones who were managing those mixers had their own shady side which none of us was aware of. I know that there are still good guys that are running their mixer sites but in past most trusted mixers have done activities that made theymos to ban even those mixers as well that didn't do anything wrong. The ban on mixers is surely for the safety of the forum and its members and theymos has no personal issues with those mixers and their owners.

Bitcoin was meant to be decentralized and there was no mention of privacy of hiding one's transactions in original code of Bitcoin. Satoshi wanted to have a system where someone can easily transfer funds using a currency that's not managed or controlled by centralized system and he created Bitcoin. I know that privacy is a very important thing for everyone and the board you're suggesting is going to be helpful, but I'm quite sure there will be users who will share or leak a lot of things in that board which isn't going to be a good thing for the forum and its members.

Although, I have supported your initial application of that board and I'm still a supporter of the idea but I think there should be strict rules on that board so it can be useful for the ones who want to be safe from the hackers and scammers. I know that such board can be a useful place to promote awareness about scams and privacy things that could help the ones to be on the safe side but there are some negative things that can also take place on that board.