Post by [Rogue]-[Amendiares], agent
If that's the case then it still has nothing to do with the feds tracing Monero, but instead is about using KYC exchanges i.e bad OPSEC. Even the most anonymous cryptocurrency will not protect you if you KYC yourself.
> it still has nothing to do with the feds tracing Monero It has everything to do with the feds tracing monero. You know why they knew he used that exchange? Because they traced his monero to it. If you stop them from tracing the money in the first place, they never learn what exchange he uses, and thus they don't know who to subpoena for user info.
They didn't trace Monero through flaws in the coin itself, they traced his exchange transaction history. The two scenarios are not even remotely comparable. This is semantic deceit at its finest.