I just read the post by the admin stating that mixers will be banned on the forum from January 1. Considering that mixers and casinos seem to be the biggest advertisers here, I foresee a drop in revenue for the forum. The way I see it, it implies that the government is still in charge of the direction Bitcoin moves. If they cannot control Bitcoin, they can move against the appurtenances of the cryptocurrency: mixers, exchanges, who knows... even this forum, etc. With the popularity of the USD dwindling, who knows what else could happen to Bitcoin, the challenger? What do you think?
As far as I know, the forum doesn't make any money out of mixers and casinos, users do, thanks to the signature campaigns. I don't like this decision either but I can understand the reasons behind this choice since there is an actual possibility that the forum could be bladed to encourage and/or support mixers that may have something to do with money laundering. Of course the forum is way more important than some users making money out of the campaigns. We'll see what is going to happen, I expect less active users in the incoming months.