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Michael Anton Fischer · 147w
I hear his point, but it’s again a point where the software dev in Matt has blinded him for the reality of Bitcoin. Removing it would just force regulated entities to remain on old versions. We ne...
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It’s far from that simple. Most sensible jurisdictions have no such requirement, and having software broadly available encourages them to add such a thing. AFAIK the only jurisdiction with any such requirement is Switzerland, and it’s also not clear at all what would or would not meet the requirements. The requirements aren’t defined technically they’re defined broadly, simply signing that it’s your address and the exchange checking Chainanalysis might well suffice.
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Michael Anton Fischer · 147w
It‘s that simple. A feature is in Bitcoin and is being used. There is no taking it out again. All you could do is split the versions of code used and long run risk another network split.