Wasn't there a group of folks or posts that were suggesting colored coins / relay censorship or some other type things as a good idea? Hearing people dismiss particular use cases of anonymity networks as moot, even though such uses are possible and being done (without need for much code or protocol development), or suggesting lesser alternatives, well... doesn't seem like words of support for those users, their principles and needs... and seems possibly against them. Of course the interpretation should really be left to others more closely following these few specific issues than I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JmvkyQyD8w&t=24m00s Recall that bitcoin-core added support for Tor and I2P a few years back thus helping to affirm the use case of anonets by [users of] digital currencies. And that those running traditional government currencies usually wish neither privacy or independant currencies, unless it's for and by themselves. IBM of course has a digital currency partnership proposition. Similar issues would apply there as well.