> IF we all switch to bitcoin and government can't keep track of the money, big criminals, bit corps will never pay any taxes [...] The biggest companies do no

> IF we all switch to bitcoin and government can't keep track of the money, big criminals, bit corps will never pay any taxes [...] The biggest companies do not pay much taxes already; while I get your point, I consider it invalid until everyone who is doing legal business is paying taxes. The mafia will never pay taxes on illegal business, but it is irrelevant as long as big corporations can get around paying taxes by constructing legal international constructs. > Privacy is important but either we have to find a way to change the economy as it is, or regulate BTC properly. So let's go for the easy thing and regulate BTC even though it promises the smallest of all gains for society? Can you point me to any reports about BTC being used for terrorism? If there are any, do they really warrant a regulation? > Just because someone has a fetish and wants to keep it "anonymous" is not enough for me. Tell that to gay people in societies in which they face, at best, discrimination or, at worst, prison or death penalty. Just because you don't have anything to be concerned about yourself right now, does not mean you should devalue privacy and anonymity for others: You can still be the next deviant who is hunted down. Or how Niemoeller put it: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.