I think sig camps won't go away, but the mixer ban came screaming and with many warnings.
The thing with mixers was that they were common targets. We can argue that casinos or exchanges could get seized for operating illegally sometimes as well, but it is an uncommon phenomenon, whereas mixers are in almost every nation considered unlicensed money transmitters. It is a matter of time until all are shut down, and that's the excuse for the precautionary measure, as I see it.
What we need to consider is where we're heading to in terms of legislature. If we start treating mixers as illicit entities, then it won't be late until every privacy solution is deemed as illicit. Whirlpool? Tagged as money transmitting service. Joinmarket? Tagged as money transmitting and obfuscating protocol. Monero? The same.
yep. and screen tx that some pools ban.
btw that removes the single best feature of btc. the ability to move wealth from an oppressive government to a ‘free’
it is the end of btc as a safe wealth storage.
for instance all those old untouched addresses from 2009 to 2011 could get frozen and not allowed to send their coins simply because a government declares them abandoned funds.