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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ALERT - It's official. In France, mixers and privacy coins are now considered by default as an indicator of suspicious activity. The law has been adopted.

The Rubicon has been crossed.

If you don't want to reveal your wallet holdings with every payment, you're guilty of money laundering by default.

396 votes against 68, with main opposition from the Parti de la France Insoumise ...

In other words, there are 396 people whose existence relies on the taxes of the French who have decided overnight that you're criminals by default if you use Lightning, ZKPs, and loads of other technologies that "enable the anonymization or opacification of crypto-asset transactions", even if that's not the intended use of their users.
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FLASH · 41w
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/1194
FLASH · 41w
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/textes/l17t0102_texte-adopte-provisoire.pdf
roll_the_dice · 41w
Will ACINQ/Phoenix have to move or add KYC?
btcttombola · 41w
nice step to china's privacy-kill laws. what's next ? #4ursecurity
Ben Verret · 41w
Seems to me when it comes to "cash" transactions, the only legal solution that doesn't reveal anything about you would be something like Opendime.
Arthur Morgan · 41w
Would be funny if everyone just kept... Using lightning
nobody · 41w
Where my Monero niggas at?
Nic · 41w
Les franรงais sont des tapettes.
OgFOMK ArTS · 41w
The French crossed into Russia also. How did that go for them?
Deleted Account · 41w
Iโ€™m a criminal ๐Ÿ’ช letโ€™s goooo
Kevin Alfred Strom · 41w
The takeaway here is that it was a huge mistake circa 200 years ago to allow majorities to write laws.
El Dorado · 41w
We know the song. Next, theyโ€™ll declare all holdings in self-custody as suspicious.
โ‚ฟoniz23โšก๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น · 41w
The authoritarian drift in Europe is rambling. Then we take the piss out of Russia and China! It's getting much worse here
Flix · 41w
https://kycnot.me/
RalfWausE · 41w
*sigh* it seems like every government in the world is trying to tighten the leash on its population...
nostrich · 41w
Is liquid network considered privacy network aswell? I am curious to know what 'indicator of suspicious activity' implies...
Papa Figos · 41w
In a totalitarian surveillance state that depends on mass theft to function, free thinkers and privacy are not welcome.
MoneRogue · 41w
The French have always been pussies.
Skipper · 41w
Please need to stop worrying about what gov does or says.
Brazus · 41w
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Freedom First Bitcoiner · 41w
And what if the people keep using them? By default if its private its private and the government doesn't know - especially if you use some due diligence when using the lightning network.
๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–— ๐•ฒ๐–Š๐–Ž๐–˜๐–™ · 41w
Communism at it's finest.