Why The Bitcoin Greenlist is Structurally Dangerous to the Bitcoin Ecosystem

Why The Bitcoin Greenlist is Structurally Dangerous to the Bitcoin Ecosystem

Several days ago three Bitcoin businessmen based in New York, Alex Waters, Yifu Guo and Matt Mellon, came out with an announcement that has made waves in the Bitcoin community. Their new business, Coin Validation, seeks to create a more regulator-friendly Bitcoin ecosystem by maintaining a Bitcoin "greenlist" - a database of Bitcoin addresses tied to....


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