SLP165 Rafael Yakobi - Should Coinjoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?

Rafael Yakobi, Managing Attorney at The Crypto Lawyers joins me to talk about privacy in Bitcoin and the law. We talk about:

• Financial surveillance laws
• Obligations on bitcoin companies
• How it works in practice
• Blockchain surveillance companies

Links:

• Twitter: @CACryptoLawyer
• The Crypto Lawyers: www.thecryptolawyers.com
• Bitcoin Magazine article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy

Other links:

• Bitcoin wiki transaction surveillance company by Chris Belcher
• 6102 Bitcoin coinjoin infographics:
  1. https://6102bitcoin.com/001_what_is_bitcoin_taint/
  2. https://6102bitcoin.com/002_are_chain_analysis_heuristics_reliable/
  3. https://6102bitcoin.com/003_blacklisting_distance_proximity/

Other relevant interviews:

• SLP160 BTCxZelko - Protect your Bitcoin Privacy with Ronin Dojo
• SLP150 Samourai Wallet
• SLP149 Waxwing (JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER)

Sponsor links:

• Kraken
• Unchained Capital
• CypherWheel by CypherSafe
• SwanBitcoin

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera