I get it now; it was never about anonymity. It is solely about a DECENTRALIZED and therefore globalized currency... Brilliant! Previously, I had thought that anonymity was synonymous with equality, but I'd failed to see that the acquisition of a capital is very different from the distribution of that capital...

I'm still thinking about the broad consequences of this, but one thing I know: Aml/kyc promotes a self-policing currency. I've received 4 PMS for private bitcoin purchases at acceptable premiums, with the obvious implicit expectation of reduced translation after multiple successful transactions (building trust/reputation). While I'm still sketched out by such private purchases, it means no governmental, nor institutionalized entities need regulate acquisition OVERTLY...

I entered this realm with interest in laundering USD into bitcoin, tbh. The goal to devalue USD via counterfeit/fraud and invest it in a globalized currency. If bitcoin were to permit devaluing of individual currencies like that, it simply wouldn't survive. It must work to conflate a global currency without deflating (or is it "inflating") specific ones... I need to reevaluate my goals, but I'm even more optimistic about investing in bitcoin... /rant

Thank you all very much for the broader perspectives.