Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF13BDCD for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:33:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outbound.mailhostbox.com (outbound.mailhostbox.com [162.222.225.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83DF2A4 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [0.0.0.0] (tor19.anonymizer.ccc.de [31.172.30.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: s7r@sky-ip.org) by outbound.mailhostbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 73A45784897 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:33:23 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sky-ip.org; s=20110108; t=1440668005; bh=dgig167CYYn2kW5T4ZFS+68801jx1v2PjnnfnSHLn7Q=; h=Reply-To:Subject:References:To:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=DGXj+ur2wl9jFeeEK6E7VrU4tIWYSUSqoXy4HhmziuiQcAqxN8arVEtdjdli2mrR4 igv9IFrVBrk+Eii6yIaWdMxO1HrIcSBXCaiToUZEBJuPsBmwlzM1RtCndotip+OAna MYnFx8ErKb2/ZLNulh8G6JMDm9TrDeO+3YVslyjA= Reply-To: s7r@sky-ip.org References: <55DEC710.4090603@gmail.com> To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: s7r X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <55DED95C.9090303@sky-ip.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:33:16 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55DEC710.4090603@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=IYN6Ijea c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=dGxmtj4ya6MMvMj/izATyQ==:117 a=dGxmtj4ya6MMvMj/izATyQ==:17 a=6PzwTDcoQqoA:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=3OaVElkSKbuU9XOTPtkA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,URIBL_BLACK autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIPS proposal for implementing AML-KYC in bitcoin X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:33:38 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hello, Please stop with the nonsense. Bitcoin is a decentralized payment network. It operates globally, so neither jurisdiction can apply to it and have effects. It is the sole responsibility of all the users/businesses involved in Bitcoin to comply with their local regulations while using Bitcoin. Trying to somehow standardize this compliance at the backbone network level will be impossible in the first place, and even if it was possible it would be a _huge_ mistake. The word 'Bitcoin' already rings a bell in most places of the world where there is a reasonable level of technology available. It is powerful and we should continue the work to improve it. No law enforcement authority or govt. branch is asking more than for users/businesses to comply with the regulations that bind to them. Someone in Belize for example does not have same compliance requests with someone in Germany - which is why this is not even a subject to be discussed on bicoin-dev mailing list. It is unique/custom for each user/business, the requirements depending on their jurisdiction. On 8/27/2015 11:15 AM, Patrick Strateman via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Are you aware of the prior work in this field? > > https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qmbtu/mike_hearn_chair_of_the_bitcoin_foundations_law/ > > On 08/27/2015 01:10 AM, prabhat via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am proposing to create a AML-KYC module to control the network >> and also qualify use cases in OFAC compliant way. Here is the >> attached doc. >> >> Please provide your feedback and suggestions. >> >> Best, Prabhat Kumar Singh >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJV3tlbAAoJEIN/pSyBJlsR438H/Aw6PCjPxLGuxdlDVmqQG4Lz a95OVm8KqEfbiRGc1lYjBhh3JjXoUBuZKUgbnve6oFOBdNpmtm/OCJpCBQqaLDnT Ksao1aM42c+1RdiLRhd3QjoDHyfRpNnE+XQ4lk+H0nMlroRos1K5Dpnmiea15yMQ 1mxvnKyW5mIRu11Z/6xEJ3tX8VoAk3G2MtYf0SRkfJjbdRai1JIL/4w/JJJnkS1L klMYPQeHOolIaSgXfy/oCGgqDLVKi3utkDZuIqLe8Pg0OoQFOnn4k3vDdQ/U0N5z r7rzvriXBlCaZttNi8MkLujP3ugcTAjLxzntS68vXIRwSy+VzrASYdDd6vXGR4U= =61p4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----