@p0peji: No idea what they try! I was also baffled, because at the moment I read those questions it was clear to me, that it was the last time I used Bitstamp.
I will under no circumstances tell anyone what I do for a living and present anyone the invoices of stuff I buy for myself. Why should I?
Also, I will not trace any milliBTC back to it's origin. It's nobody's business what I get my coins for. I have nothing to hide, as I am increasing my wallet by Daytrading and mining LTC which I exchange into BTC, but when I read those questions I feel like they think I am a criminal.
I am not defending nor blasting them. I think they just want to comply so it SHTF they at least cover their backs.
No, it's bullshit. If they want to cater to governments and/or central authorities they need to get out of bitcoin. People move to it FOR PRIVACY. Government installs these regulations so it can track people, invade privacy, and try to collect fees/taxes whatever else....which defeats the privacy portion of bitcoin's principle. It's not about kiddie porn, drugs, terrorism, fake IDS, or money laundering.
It's about they see the writing on the wall when bitcoin is mass adopted and they can't control it, regulate it, tax it, and they can't enforce it.
Further, if you go to your bank to withdraw money, they do not ask you where you got it and what you plan to do with it. If you deposit money, they don't ask you that. Nobody has any questionaire to be filled out.
If you go to a currency exchange and exchange USD for Euro or vice versa or anything else, do they also hand you forms to fill out itemizing where you got your funds, what you spent it on, and what you're going to do with it>
So look closer at the real reason they're pushing for this information. Regulation, confiscation, taxation and that's bullshit.
If they want to do all that, then for god sakes as a community, at least make them work for it and expend their own money, time and effort to do it the hard way.
