Re: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Wasabi solves fungibility.
by on 10/08/2022, 00:19:20 UTC
I strongly disagree with that use of terminology.
Just to address this point: So do I. You are well aware that I have argued long and hard against nonsensical statements such as that anyone who has the slightest interest in maintaining some financial privacy must be a criminal, terrorist, money launderer, or what have you.Indeed, you have long been one of the most consistent and well-spoken advocates on this forum for the principle of privacy.
My argument was directed not at you personally, but at some widespread and pernicious wrong thinking that I know you have so oft opposed. It is too bad that many people just don’t or won’t get it. In the big picture, I spent the past few days discovering and rediscovering just how broken everything is—the subject of a new project which forced me temporarily to set aside something I’ve been working on for zero-knowledge proof privacy.
However, given that nopara73 has consistently and repeatedly failed to answer basic questions as to how he thinks blacklisting and censorship is somehow beneficial to fungibility, has consistently and repeatedly demonstrated that he believes in taint and taint analysis, and is building a product specifically designed to cater only to those good little citizens with "nothing to hide", an answer to a basic question using his own preferred terminology might be more forthcoming.
That is an interesting point. I didn’t think of it that way.
I am fairly certain that most of the people behind Wasabi don't believe many of the things they are saying:
It certainly seems like this is the narrative they are trying to push; that they are the sole arbitrators of what is and is not fungible. As I said previously, as far as I am concerned this viewpoint is actively malicious.
The evidence indicates as much. Indeed, if privacy and fungibility are considered valuable, it looks to me like nopara73 and Wasabi are doing something tantamount to an exit scam: They build up a good reputation, and they are now using it to slip in support for Mike Hearn’s old agenda.
This is one of the oldest debates in Bitcoin. Most newer users do not realize it. I will soon place it in its proper context.