The official stance of the forum towards mixers has softened a bit, so perhaps those who promote them have more credit than was the case before.
I don't think it has softened. From the edited OP dated December 19th, 2025, theymos is still hard on mixers.
@JollyGood
It is very possible that Lucius only read this:
I am thinking that I will change the rules to allow:
- Unpaid linking directly to mixers in posts, as long as the mixers aren't also "illegal darknet sites" (which is a term I need to more exactly define).
- Easing the enforcement of indirection. For example, in the past we would not allow sig ads which point to an article talking about and linking to a mixer. But it's probably OK now if this kind of thing is allowed.
I haven't decided yet on the exact language of those rule changes, though, so the existing rules stand for now.
Theymos later posted this which is not softening of official stances or rules for mixers:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5476162.msg66192940#msg66192940Nothing changed.
People supposed to be able to mention mixers even as they are banned, so far they are not promoted through ads, avatar and signature.
