@sun @Twig This is how it seems looking backwards, but I assure you that Bitcoin was presented and accepted as being pretty much anonymous for the first few years. It took people getting scammed to break that myth. And this is just looking at it from the Civilian side. I am certain the capabilities to trace even the dark coins exists on the Government side- and if there are some that really can't be traced at all AND the PTB decided it was a problem they would simply block those at the Internet Provider level in country and keep the one(s) they prefer.