To: djf
... scanners to read government-issued identification such as a driver's license or a passport to confirm users' identitiesKind of defeats one of the main selling points for Bitcoin's advocates - transaction privacy.
3 posted on
02/19/2014 6:03:04 AM PST by
Paine in the Neck
(Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
To: Paine in the Neck
Privacy is not part of bitcoin’s appeal and it privacy from the government is out of the question. The appeal is simply to have currency that won’t depreciate.
5 posted on
02/19/2014 6:06:22 AM PST by
palmer
(There's someone in my lead but it's not me)
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