British Home Secretary opposes anonymous channels; Bitcoin may become a fish in the pond

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd recently said that end-to-end encryption companies such as anonymous apps and telegram information technology are "unwelcome." The market believes that the influence of this criticism seems to extend to the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions, and I am afraid that the future development of Bitcoin in the UK will be a little embarrassing.

On March 23, a "robbery-style terrorist attack" occurred in the UK, causing heavy casualties and losses. In response, the British Parliament attaches great importance to the investigation and comment on the terrorist attack.

Commenting on the attack at the Houses of Parliament last week, Rudd said she believed encrypted messaging service providers provided covert communications channels for such attacks.

"This is totally unacceptable and there should be no place for terrorists to hide."

Rood therefore recommends blocking encrypted messaging providers from "providing covert communications channels to terrorists."

Amber Rudd said,

"We hope that companies like WhatsApp, and other providers of anonymous services like it, will not provide a covert channel for terrorists to communicate."

At present, the government's strengthening of supervision of the social information encryption industry is a hot topic among users. In the UK, the so-called "Snoopy Charter" is a series of supervisory laws passed just last year, which authorizes the country's intelligence agencies to have the power to monitor private user data. The promulgation of this bill caused an uproar.

"We need to make sure that our intelligence oversight has access to encrypted businesses like WhatsApp," Rudd added.

But some people believe that even if intelligence agencies can monitor private information data, the terrorist attacks on March 23 could not be avoided. Because there is currently no evidence to prove that if end-to-end encryption services are banned, the terrorist incident in London can be prevented.

The anonymity of Bitcoin transactions seems to be facing an embarrassing situation

Discussions and prohibitions on anonymity, including the authorization of British intelligence agencies to monitor private user data, have made it difficult for the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions to gain a foothold in the UK.

The European Union has recently planned to pass legislation to establish a corresponding database to register the real identities of such Bitcoin players and their corresponding Bitcoin wallet addresses, in order to eliminate the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions. Although the current Brexit process in the UK is making a lot of noise, the UK is still a member of the EU, so with the influence of this terrorist attack, it should not be difficult for the EU bill to enter the UK.

Various events have pushed the development of Bitcoin in the UK into an embarrassing situation. It is just unknown whether Bitcoin transactions will still be so popular in the UK without anonymity.