Things aren't absolute. It's orders of magnitude more anonymous and uncensorable than the fiat money system. That's a huge change from the current system if anything like mass adoption occurs.

And "blacklisted addresses" -- I'm sure they exist on Coinbase or whatever, but are you saying those addresses won't have transactions mined? I seriously doubt it...

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It would be pretty hard even in a wide adoption scenario to avoid having an address tied to some traceable transaction- ether though a personal interaction or an online order.

It’s common for people to focus on the technical details while ignoring the social ones. Most hacks are not technical and involve social engineering. Bitcoiners fall for this too, focusing on how they will be technical private while ignoring all of the barriers that can be put in place on the legislative / social side. And sometimes just by stoking fear.