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Given that debit and credit cards already comply with KYC, AML and track our payments, does adding Chainalysis affect your decision?
  1. Yes, I would use a Bitcoin company app with Chainalysis. I appreciate the increased security and oversight.
  2. No, I would not use a Bitcoin company app with Chainalysis. I prefer more privacy.
  3. I don't know enough about Chainalysis to decide.
  4. I am indifferent as long as the app provides the services I need.
Yes4.8%
No69.0%
I don't know?14.3%
I am indifferent.11.9%
42 votes \ poll ended
Andy Greenberg's Tracers in the Dark goes in depth into Chainalysis's history and known affiliation with law enforcement and government entities, both of which make up a good chunk of the company's customers.
Would I use an app tied to Chainalysis? Absolutely not.
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how would you even know?
chainanalysis is inevitable, don't worry about it, just take the necessary steps to wipe your history and use lightning where possible
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Chainalysis is not inevitable and just using lightning doesn't solve the problem.
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you can't stop chain analysis and there will always be demand for it, so I don't see how it isn't inevitable - the best we can do is make it hard and hopefully impossible to perform.
Just using lightning doesn't solve the problem, agreed, but the privacy benefits (especially as a sender) are significant
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Chainalysis gonna chainalysis anyway
Hopefully we can get better technology in the next few years
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The correct name is ChainAnal btw. Chainanalysis is just the PG-13 approved name.
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Kinda shocked by these results
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If enough people refuse to do business with companies that use these scum bags a market for privacy focused commerce with arise. I'd argue it already has.
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Why would they use Chainalysis? Im leaning toward no
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Absolutely not.
Chainanalysis is an abomination.
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