Not using KYC also gives thieves an opportunity to use your stolen data. Anyone could use your name and address otherwise. Do you think we should get rid of such things as KYC laws and just let criminals evade taxes and launder their money freely by creating bank and exchange accounts under fake names and addresses?
Wow this is such a nonsense comment. Another person with a slave mentality. How is "not using KYC" giving the thieves an opportunity to using "my" stolen data? If I don't submit KYC documentation (passport, utility bill, etc) then THERE'S NO DATA TO STEAL. Use your head before you post.
Nobody knows your details if you don't use KYC? What about everywhere else that has your data? Your mobile phone. Your internet. Your banking. Your Subway loyalty card. Are you a ghost? Data gets stolen (often without you knowing it) from everywhere and then anyone can use it. Have you ever had mail sent to your house? Then the postman knows your name and address. Ever used a debit card? Then anyone who works for visa knows your details and anyone you hand your card over to can copy it. If there's no checks and all it takes is a name and address it becomes much easier for anyone to use these details. Anyone who sends you something you bought off ebay could just use your name and address to sign up with an exchange account. You think this should be ok? I really doubt you're so off the grid even satoshi would be impressed.
Also I don't care about tax evasion. It's a total manufactured crime where the "victim" is the government that is shaking people down for their hard earned money. It's not comparable to real crimes like murder, kidnapping, or rape yet the penalties can be just as heavy! This is such a non libertarian worldview that it honestly surprised me a guy with a legendary posting history would see things that way. Stop being a sheep man! Wake the fuck up and stop giving government thugs the benefit of the doubt.
The crime is against society. If you don't like the laws of that country then you are free to leave. Tax evasion might not be comparable to rape and murder but that's irrelevant. We live in a society where everyone is meant to chip in what they can afford so that everyone benefits. Do I think taxes should be spent on wars and furnishing politicians homes? No. But I believe in roads and hospitals and emergency services. I would have respect for you if you're a true anarchist but you're probably not. What I don't have respect for is people who use all the services that their country provides but don't want to contribute to paying that under the guise of the government is criminal. You probably also do the same thing as all these "sheep" and "slaves" you condemn do: go to work, pay taxes, use government services by day, but by night you're sticking it to the man in any little way you can on a bitcoin forum. If you feel like that move to a tax heaven and pay nothing legally and then you can be a real anarchist.
The last box is usually your average anarchist these days:
Also money laundering laws are incredibly vague and ill defined and can be used alongside a tax evasion charge to nail you twice for the same non violent "crime" of not paying your taxes. Money laundering laws are also often used as a catch all "guilty until proven innocent" law (After all without proper paperwork you are presumed guilty) when the government is unable to pin the actual crime on somebody in order to coerce a guilty plea. Rarely are money laundering laws used how they were originally intended to be used: To stop terrorism and other crimes that harm real people rather than faceless governments who just thirst for more power.
Then move to a country that doesn't have them. I really doubt you would live in a country that has no sorts of laws and regulations and everyone just fended for themselves. People are quick to complain about this stuff from their iPads and the comfort of their own home in the West but aren't really willing to do anything about it other than complain about taxes on the internet. These laws are meant to protect people and curb organized crime, but I agree they shouldn't be abused in the ways you describe, but should we do away with all government laws, regulations and taxes? Lets get rid of building regulations and the police. When a building falls down due to shoddy work and there's no law or police to enforce it who is going to be held accountable? That's the sort of country you would live in where infrastructure collapses and lawlessness exists and crimes go unpunished, and there are plenty of countries like this, but I can assure you they're not very nice places to live in.
Just because I think certain regulations are helpful to a safe society doesn't make me a sheep. I could just as easily argue the real sheep are the people who just parrot that government and taxes are bad without actually offering any viable alternatives whilst simultaneously benefiting from the society and government they condemn.