Agreed! The reasons why people might want to remain anonymous are many and varied. IMHO, tools for combatting bad behavior should be addressed to the behavior, not the identity of the person exhibiting

I don't think that forcing people to reveal their true identity will end the corruption or maladaptive behavior you observe. Some of the greatest evildoers of history were quite famous. Many of the most

I'm all for forcing governments to be completely transparent. Transparency is fine if you're a strong player. However, I think that secrecy and privacy are one of the few ways that weak players can defend

You're assuming that the attacker cares that everyone knows that they have your money. Governments certainly don't care. In fact, publicizing how easily they crushed you and seized your money will probably

"You see the same thing that enables the sex worker also enables all of these bad things. " Yes, that is the nature of useful tools. A gun that can defend a woman from a rapist can also be used

"All of those violent acts are committed by people who hide behind secrecy: the police, the law makers, the regulators. " What secrecy are you talking about? Law enforcement makes no secret of

Many evil deeds are committed brazenly and in the open--it's only secrecy that protects the innocent. What about countries where gay people are imprisoned or executed? How would radical transparency help

Thanks for writing this! It's puzzling to me that more people don't seem to understand the importance of privacy / anonymity.

Nice work! Looking forward to Parts III and IV.

"...you would be hard-pressed to find many Canadians who are unhappy with the Canadian healthcare system, and "customer satisfaction" is the ultimate arbiter in this case. .... having a

A Rand study found that even when you give people completely free access to healthcare, there is no significant improvement in outcomes: "If you remember only one medical study, it should be the RAND

Thanks!

Thanks!

Great work, Kencode and the BlockPay team!

The people who cross at the border now are the people willing and able to undertake a very hazardous journey, and work for low pay under the table while in hiding. Therefore, while this selects for people

Great news, Ken! Stealth is definitely an important feature.

If you don't want to deal with KYC laws, and don't want to trust an exchange to hold your money, consider using Bitsquare: If you'd like to retain complete privacy, consider using the Mycelium wallet:

Thanks! I'm still new, so this was a test post. I didn't think anyone would be paying attention.

Thanks! I thought I added a link. Editing to correct.

I agree with you. I posted to illustrate as I said at the beginning of my post "Gun control advocates often say "no one is coming for your guns". Amitai Etzioni puts the lie to that