12 sats \ 1 reply \ @BITC0IN 26 Apr \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
it's really not shocking at all.
I'm more shocked by everyone's naivety.
This is without a doubt, expected.
If you are at all surprised by these events, you shouldn't be.
Use this moment as an opportunity to harden your Bitcoin operation.
Run your own software, learn to use coinjoins, payjoins, tor, i2p, vpn's. All of it.
Be aware these things exist and what they are, what their trade offs are.
For more details see this thread and resources: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/17o3v8v/fincen_megathread_do_not_give_them_your_silent/
https://bitcoinprivacy.me/
Learn the benefits of running a Bitcoin node. Run one, not just for your privacy, but your overall Bitcoin sovereignty. It’s very easy to run a node. You install a program (usually bitcoin core) and let it run. That’s it. This can be done on windows, linux and mac.
Go a step further by verifying the binaries of the bitcoin node program you download.
Go a step further by building Bitcoin Core from source.
Go a step further by running the node over tor or i2p.
That's all good advice.
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