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Who gets to determine which addresses are "poisoned"? China? The US? I have to imagine the ideologues in the bitcoin community will fight back against that. Als
by TearsInTheRain 5y ago
Who gets to determine which addresses are "poisoned"? China? The US? I have to imagine the ideologues in the bitcoin community will fight back against that. Also, not being censorable is a big part of bitcoin's value prop so this type of regulation would likely crash the price as well.
- ajkdhcb2 5y agoIf different countries had different ban lists then it would still censor the BTC that are included in enough lists As BTC continues to grow, the 'bitcoin community' changes in character; it's already fallen far from the cypherpunk anti-censorship / privacy roots