From: prabhat <prabhatkr@gmail•com>
To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIPS proposal for implementing AML-KYC in bitcoin
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:09:40 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALoZ_LF_2pbczmHm5ZGc4=ffDqTmcoAYZzkFTUUV9a05q6wTfQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABsx9T06Pot0QqZ9bbok6_FH5kyDh+-QV=fdUGma=cmr=iESsg@mail.gmail.com>
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Fine point.
So where is the solution? What to do?
Prabhat Kumar Singh
Prabhat Kumar Singh
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail•com>
wrote:
> Have you talked with anybody at the Bitcoin Foundation about this proposal?
>
> As Chief Scientist of the Foundation, I am strongly opposed to any
> proposal that puts the Foundation in a position of centralized authority,
> so this is unacceptable: "The Bitcoin Foundation will act as fair play
> party and enforcement body to control the misuse of vast financial powers
> which bitcoin has."
>
> The idea that a central organization can be trusted to keep secrets secure
> is just fundamentally wrong. In the very recent past we have seen
> government organizations fail in that task (the NSA, the OPM) and we see
> commercial organizations that SHOULD be highly motivated to do a good job
> also fail (e.g. the Ashley Madison leak).
>
> Even if it were technically possible, I would be opposed because
> decentralization is a bedrock principle of Bitcoin.
>
> --
> --
> Gavin Andresen
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-27 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-27 8:10 prabhat
2015-08-27 8:15 ` Patrick Strateman
2015-08-27 9:33 ` s7r
2015-08-27 9:04 ` Ahmed Zsales
[not found] ` <CAC0TF==iEPzMpjcGO+ukV6rVkM-4yH3jX0Obu4Aint1eWzK5bQ@mail.gmail.com>
2015-08-27 12:06 ` prabhat
2015-08-27 12:14 ` jl2012
2015-08-27 12:19 ` prabhat
2015-08-27 13:28 ` Gavin Andresen
2015-08-27 13:39 ` prabhat [this message]
2015-08-27 13:48 ` Gavin Andresen
2015-08-27 16:06 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-08-27 17:33 ` prabhat
2015-08-27 18:55 ` Oliver Petruzel
2015-08-27 18:56 ` prabhat
2015-08-27 19:42 ` Dave Scotese
2015-08-27 14:02 ` Chris Pacia
2015-08-27 16:02 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2015-08-28 2:09 ` odinn
2015-08-28 2:00 ` odinn
2015-08-28 2:17 ` Yifu Guo
2015-08-30 12:47 ` s7r
2015-08-30 15:16 ` Vinyas
2015-08-30 15:56 ` [bitcoin-dev] [META] Mailing list etiquette " jl2012
2015-08-31 11:28 ` [bitcoin-dev] " prabhat
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