Last I saw is the official ann from Coinex centralized exchange that is now asking for ID verification for depositing and withdrawing privacy coins Xmr, Beam, XHV, Oxen, Dero, Arrr, Zeph and Zano.
Makes a lot of sense. You can't have blockchain analysis embedded in every KYC exchange on Bitcoin, deeming coinjoined coins as "tainted", and just ignore privacy altcoins at the same time.
I'd like to make a small comment / correction; Bisq has been around
since December 2014, with over 200 contributors and also connects through Tor by default.
However, I confess that it feels a bit more complicated than an instant exchange running in the browser.
I trust Bisq, and that's why it is the only DEX I'm using. However, if I had to choose which one I trust
more, Tor Browser or Bisq, then it'd be the former. Not only it is less complex, it is just far more reviewed and consider it less probable to de-anonymize me.
(Tor Browser comes with the extensive Firefox development)The only trouble I have with Bisq is that the connection is unstable between Bisq and my Bitcoin Core node. It connects and disconnects every 5 seconds. Imagine like a blinking light that turns on and off constantly. I have bloom filters enabled etc.
Me too. I have switched to public nodes since then. Probably has to do with the minimum memory of the Raspberry Pi?
BTW, @exch.cc, have you tried contacting theymos about the old domain (user)name? I'm pretty confident he'll allow changing it to "exch.cx".
