if privacy was made at the protocol level of the bitcoin network...
Again, it's fear talking - maybe we should get rid of all privacy like protonmail / and other encrypted services ? because it
could be used for nefarious things.
Why are you so concerned about centralized exchanges banning Bitcoin when there are decentralized exchanges around and using Bitcoin on CEX is like using regular banking system.
adding privacy at protocol layer would kill bitcoins utility.
What is it's utility ? stacking and praying for number go up ? yep, due to no privacy it has no utility outside of being a speculation tool.
we see many idiots advocate for privacy but promote themselves transparently.
Being transparent on demand about what you think and giving up your privacy are two different things, you should know better.
privacy breaks not at the currency layer, but at the human layer.
Yes, that's why it's needed at the protocol level because people are not savvy enough to use all the manual techniques to stay private.
Even having Bitcoin as a donation address can reveal how much you have and where you spend your Bitcoin.
bitcoin does not need any added privacy.. it needs users to be private themselves and use bitcoin properly and understand how privacy really works
Tools that are used for making Bitcoin private are getting seized by the FBI and people get their accounts banned on CEX because they used them, that's not a great way.
For some unfathomable reasons some people need to have everything private.
What happened to the opensource movement, they are anti privacy?
Privacy is centralized in a sense.
Among many private aspects of life, financial privacy is the most important one.
Thank you for the context, I understand now lol.
Do you, my friend ? I think we need at least five more copy/paste of this image that proves he was talking about Bitcoin.
