BlockSeer is testing a mining pool with filtering bitcoin transactions

The Blockser analytical platform has launched testing a closed mining pool with the function of filtering transactions - transactions from wallets will not be included in the blocks, in black lists.

As sources of blocked addresses Blockseer Mining Pool will use your own data platform data, Walletscore solution and other verified sources, Including the Office for Foreign Activities of the US Department of Finance (I DO IT). Besides, All miners, planning to connect to a pool, will have to go through the identification procedure.

“The pool is focused on the destruction of transactions from famous fraudulent and criminal wallets. Users of these wallets continue to spoil the reputation of cryptocurrencies, In particular, bitcoin, Among the wide audience and interfere with the adoption of the industry ", - Podcherknul operating director DMG Sheldon Bennett (Sheldon Bennett).

However, Not everyone in the cryptocurrency industry accepted the testing of such a pool positively. for instance, Former leading developer of anonymous cryptocurrency Monero Ricardo Spania (Riccardo Spagni) considers, that such a practice does not correspond to the spirit of cryptocurrencies. He stressed, that such functions can become widespread among mining bullets due to regulatory pressure.

“The introduction of anonymity functions in bitcoin will help to prevent this. Pieces like P2Pool and Stratum V2 will make such filtering impossible, And I would rely on these developments ", - wrote Spania on the social network Twitter.

According to the founder of the Wallet Scrutiny website, Leo Wandersleba (Leo Wandersleb), The large -scale implementation of the functions of filtering transactions on mining pools will lead to a network of the network.

“This is not today a problem, But the future, And you need to prepare for it ", - concluded the general director of the cryptocurrency exchange of Shapeshift Eric Wurchis (Erik Voorhees).

Recall, What OFAC periodically makes a black list of Bitcoin addresses, Related, According to representatives of the department, With terrorism, money laundering and other crimes.