Nice to see that personal vendettas are ruining decentralization for us all.
We as a society really don't deserve anything anymore.
That's on point and it's so pity at the same time.
I personally think that Jambler is not much different from actual mixers and I agree with theymos's decision but this is not the problem here, the problem is that people who tried to change jambler's status as banned did this not for the safety of the forum but for personal vendettas. This attitude kills community and this attitude hurts many people.
- If any legal problems occur, then jambler will be safe as the actual mixing is done through partners.
Actual mixing is done through partners but it's jambler's money after all (some of them belong to investors) but their business model offers some benefits and protection to them. If their partner gets in trouble, Jambler might stop providing that partner with its mixing service and this way they'll gain less attention and problems. Having partners is like having masks, if someone catches you in one mask, you change it with another one.
On this case, Jambler actually do the exact opposite of mixers in the sense of laundering money; receiving tainted money and sending them all clean and shiny. Jambler do a Blockchain check prior to accepting transaction. When the result come negative, they reject the transaction and return the fund to the originating address, ultimately fighting against money laundering.
So, does Jambler function like Wasabi wallet?
This is so unfortunate. I suspect that non-KYC exchanges and other custodial services will be targeted next. This is not what Bitcoin is supposed to represent, but it's hard to fight the "system".
If they become illegal or if government will tag them as money launderers and there will be freqeunt articles about money laundering through non-kyc exchanges or decentralized exchanges, then they'll be banned too.
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