You fellow newbies following the heated discussion in the other forums where the old timers are getting all heated about even the remote possibility of
adding support for redlisting suspected addresses used for criminal activity?
Coming in late to BTC just a few weeks ago, I'm more pragmatic about that kind of stuff, working with government to establish clear rules etc. I just want to make money and don't fear the prospect of paying taxes. BTC may make it easier to demand/pay randoms of all kinds in the future, not just crypolocker, so I would welcome some blockchain analysis/marking/whatever that might prevent me or my loved ones from being a victim in later years. I do understand the objections about how hard it is to do without tainting everybody (the "most US bills have cocaine on them" reference and so forth)
Am I correct guessing newcomers are less fired up in general than the old timers about anonymity and privacy, and more interested in just making a buck... or is it just me?
The bulk of the people that made money in Bitcoin bought in before 2011 when you get bitcoins for loose change. Now that Bitcoin is in a bubble and with redlists right around the corner, the altcoins are going to surge (and in a big way).
Markets always adjust, competition always arrives, it's the nature of the economics. Bitcoin is just making it a little easier by shooting itself in the foot. But it will happen either way.
