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Re: Governments/regulators may eventually actually *like* Bitcoin. - coin blacklists
by
cbeast
on 03/12/2011, 00:45:34 UTC
Shocked  Amazing!  Grin

But: this all makes the bold assumption you can absolutely tie an address and specific Bitcoins with an individual or entity.
It won't happen, I can assure you. (Some hints: connecting through Tor; building OpenTransaction overlay upon bitcoin > exchanging blind tokens, etc)

I'm not so jaded as some here. I really think most people are honest. Tor, darknets, black markets, etc. are only a tiny portion of financial transactions. When robbers, muggers, and lunch money bullies no longer have cash to steal, people will become more trusting. There will always be some criminality, but Bitcoin brings financial control back to the people rather than arcane derivative sorcerers.