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>>3. The network requires an easily-blocked protocol to send large amounts of data on a continuous basis No, you only need to be able to receive/transmit the d

>>3. The network requires an easily-blocked protocol to send large amounts of data on a continuous basis No, you only need to be able to receive/transmit the data relating to your own addresses when using a light client. The full nodes can sit outside of any censored country. >>The next point on the sales pitch is usually “use a tumbler” or “use separate wallets for everything”. These are impractical on a regular basis, guaranteeing that people will be compromised by mistakes and again have their full public transaction history linked, and there's a huge trust problem I agree that that is true with Bitcoin, and that is why I don't promote Bitcoin. >>It doesn't help anyone if, say, someone comes up with a great anonymous coin system but the local government is actively promoting exchanges and apps which are compromised Good point.

acdha 5y ago
> No, you only need to be able to receive/transmit the data relating to your own addresses when using a light client. The full nodes can sit outside of any censored country. Yes but don’t you think the government would monitor traffic to those and either block connections which aren’t made by approved local banks or ask you to prove you weren’t evading local laws? I just don’t see how this could safely be addressed with an optional network most people have no reason to use.
- CryptoPunk 5y ago
  >>Yes but don’t you think the government would monitor traffic to those and either block connections which aren’t made by approved local banks or ask you to prove you weren’t evading local laws? It's very little data being used by light clients, that can be routed a thousand different ways, not to mention encrypted. And yes governments could certainly do a lot of things but I think that as the object of enforcement becomes the end users, the political cost of enforcing laws against technologies becomes higher, and a blanket crypto ban would require pretty Draconian measures against end users.

acdha 5y ago

> No, you only need to be able to receive/transmit the data relating to your own addresses when using a light client. The full nodes can sit outside of any censored country. Yes but don’t you think the government would monitor traffic to those and either block connections which aren’t made by approved local banks or ask you to prove you weren’t evading local laws? I just don’t see how this could safely be addressed with an optional network most people have no reason to use.

CryptoPunk 5y ago
>>Yes but don’t you think the government would monitor traffic to those and either block connections which aren’t made by approved local banks or ask you to prove you weren’t evading local laws? It's very little data being used by light clients, that can be routed a thousand different ways, not to mention encrypted. And yes governments could certainly do a lot of things but I think that as the object of enforcement becomes the end users, the political cost of enforcing laws against technologies becomes higher, and a blanket crypto ban would require pretty Draconian measures against end users.