Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
AnIrishDuck
on Nov 19, 2013
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
Senate hearing on Bitcoin [video]
If anything, bitcoin is a law enforcement dream. I don't understand why anarchists seem to love it, given the information it will ultimately put in the hands of the government. It's practically the definition of a trojan horse.
betterunix
on Nov 19, 2013
|
next
[–]
Anarchists love Bitcoin because it is "currency without a central authority." They see that and ignore everything else.
walden42
on Nov 19, 2013
|
prev
|
next
[–]
This might change after enough bitcoin applications implement CoinJoin, a type of mixer.
ivanca
on Nov 19, 2013
|
prev
|
next
[–]
They have to prove the owner of the recipient wallet, which is already pretty hard, especially if you are using something like Tor.
est
on Nov 19, 2013
|
prev
|
next
[–]
I kinda feel the same way. In the future, no private pool can hold the whole transaction history, only governments can.
3pt14159
on Nov 19, 2013
|
prev
[–]
No it isn't. Only if you are stupid does it compromise you.
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
