Re:Sanitizing Bitcoin: This Company Wants To Track 'Clean' B...
by bjourne on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:27PM
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1. It would be trivial to implement feature in bitcoin clients to automatically bounce transactions from blacklisted addresses.
2. The situation is the same as if someone irl where to accidentally purchase stolen goods. Or as if you where accidentally spamlisted because you forgot to secure your smtp server. Your options would be:
a) Return the bitcoins and clear your status.
b) Argue your case with the operators of blacklist B.
c) Ignore your blacklisting and just don't do business with those who follow blacklist B. If they blacklist addresses for frivolous reasons, more people will ignore their list and it won't matter if you are on it or not.
A decent client could automatically keep the blacklists updated so it would hardly be any burden for normal users.
2. The situation is the same as if someone irl where to accidentally purchase stolen goods. Or as if you where accidentally spamlisted because you forgot to secure your smtp server. Your options would be:
a) Return the bitcoins and clear your status. b) Argue your case with the operators of blacklist B. c) Ignore your blacklisting and just don't do business with those who follow blacklist B. If they blacklist addresses for frivolous reasons, more people will ignore their list and it won't matter if you are on it or not.
A decent client could automatically keep the blacklists updated so it would hardly be any burden for normal users.