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A comment on EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable. Parent comment
From a 10 year old in the US to a 20 year old somewhere in Africa, bitcoin has no barriers and can be used just like that.
> You can’t show up in a bank with a bucket load of $100 bills and open an anonymous bank account. Well you shouldn’t be able to with bitcoins either.
So no, this statement goes against bitcoin and what it stands for.
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From a 10 year old in the US to a 20 year old somewhere in Africa, bitcoin has no barriers and can be used just like that.
> You can’t show up in a bank with a bucket load of $100 bills and open an anonymous bank account. Well you shouldn’t be able to with bitcoins either.
So no, this statement goes against bitcoin and what it stands for.