You actually believe that framing things out of context helps your argument... It does not, because most of us see right through what you are doing.
What context have I left out? Please provide it.
- o_e_l_e_o is allowed to hold his own viewpoints... if they differ from theymos' that is not a case of "backstabbing."
o_e_l_e_o's viewpoints confirmed that Wasabi's privacy is not compromised by coordinator policy:
TIMELINEMarch 14 2022 -
o_e_l_e_o admits coordinator policy doesn’t affect your inputs, admits to BlackHatCoiner that switching coordinators solves the censorship problem, and admits to BlackHatCoiner that his motivation is simply to fight against Wasabi anyways:Even if this change from Wasabi won't affect any of your inputs, they are no longer an entity which I can trust to fight for my privacy.
Would it be possible for some to start running coordinators?
Absolutely. The coordinator code is open source, so anyone can download it and spin up their own instance. That would solve the immediate problem if everyone switched to a different coordinator, but it doesn't stop these other coordinators being pressured in to implementing the same restrictions and it doesn't change the fact that Wasabi did this in the first place instead of fighting against it.
March 15 2022 -
o_e_l_e_o admits that the data feed is a 1 way street from a blockchain analysis company to the coordinator, and that no data is provided to blockchain analysis:In fact, they need to cooperate with blockchain analysis to obtain information about "taint" UTXOs.
Well, they only need to cooperate in this sense to have the blockchain analysis entity feed them data about which UTXO's to block. But as I said, if they cooperate like this then it won't be long before that cooperation becomes a two way street, with them feeding data back to the blockchain analysis entity.
- he is not "miseducating" the forum by expressing his viewpoints.
o_e_l_e_o is miseducating users by telling them that a trusted third party provides better privacy than trustless software:
August 23 2022 –
o_e_l_e_o lies and says the custodian he partnered with that stole everyone’s deposits and turned over their data to the government has as good or better privacy than WasabiIf projects such as Samourai, JoinMarket, ChipMixer, Bisq, LocalCryptos, Monero, and anything else which gives users as good or better privacy than Wasabi can continue unencumbered, then Wasabi can too. They simply choose not to.
- theymos hasn't mentioned Wasabi since 2019. Its quite possible his opinion has changed in the last 4 years. As I already mentioned, he also said this:
transaction analysis may still be possible, especially if you leave other traces; the coordinator could possibly do an active sybil attack against specific coins
It just so happens these are currently both giant, omnipresent concerns with Wasabi.
Wasabi massively upgraded in 2022 to a brand new coinjoin protocol, it's quite possible he's even more impressed than when he originally awarded Wasabi & JoinMarket the bounty.
You're obviously here to protect a vested business interest, but you should attempt to have the insight to understand when you are doing more harm than good.
I'm here to help people improve their privacy and stop getting scammed, there's no "vested business interest" because the software is completely open source.
If you have no ability or desire to self-reflect on your actions and correct your behavior, then you will be cursed with a shitty reputation. This holds true in all aspects of life.
I've passionately defended using Bitcoin non custodially and privately against o_e_l_e_o who betrayed the Bitcointalk community by looting their coins and data with ChipMixer. If you think this behavior needs to be "corrected", it sounds like you are against self custody and privacy.