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Removing free advertisement for bad companies
We have now several cases where we give a shoutout specifically to companies that do not deserve free advertisements. This is especially Coinbase, an incredibly bad actor in the space. I am extremely against mentioning them at all in this documentation, other than for highlighting their horrendously bad privacy and custodianship. For example the list of transaction surveillance companies is a good place to call out these bad actors, because it is done so by highlighting their unethical bad behavior. On the other hand there can be mentions of good actors, like Bull Bitcoin if it is in the context of highlighting how they are protecting the privacy of their users.
So I open the issue to get your thoughts on if we should replace for example Coinbase with KYC exchange in any place of the docs where such a generic term is applicable.
NACK. I believe instead that we should leave them because they are the best known. Most of our users probably bought the first bitcoins there.
EDIT: it's ok to change the name (eg Coinbase -> Bull Bitcoin), but it must be known worldwide. I disagree instead in using a "common" term (eg "KYC exchange"), because, especially in the case of labeling, it could create confusion
I am in favor of removing them as well, but I understand that maybe most users know about them, and it is easier for people reading the docs to understand the examples when we mention Coinbase for example.
How about whenever we mention them we add between brackets that they are bad actors in the space.
Well, people only know about Conbase because we continue talking about them... I hope many new comers will never interact with them, thus they will be confused. Especially because Coinbase is an actual term for the miner payout, so this might actually confuse them even more.
Kraken, or Bitfinex, or Binance [hehe, why not advertise them, they like CoinJoin :wink:] are also a world known exchanges, so why favor one over the other?
Yes, there are some cases where naming one exchange particularly is needed, but I think that is only a couple times. I would like to remove any specifics for as much as possible, and keep it with a generic name. Also emphasizing that *KYC* exchange makes sure that these are coins linked to your meatspace identity, and thus need to be handled with extra care. By having just the brand name, this is not directly clear.
