Key points:
Etherscan.io rolls out the engine called ETHProtect which allows checking the illegal funds origin and status.The engine does what Chainalysis and Crystal offer for at least $1500/month – for free.The trick works only with Ethereum, don't try to 'check' other cryptos.Etherscan admins are sure that tainted coins going away from the Ethereum markets is a good thing.Not sure how many harms this can cause to Ethereum's fungibility and privacy levels. Antonopoulos previous claims about fungibility hit made to Bitcoin by Crystal/Chinalysis comes to mind. As well as his notion that tracking software will kill Bitcoin, paving the way for other privacy coins, in case Core developers won't act.Read More:
https://telegra.ph/Ethereums-Etherscan-Allows-Users-to-Spy-on-Illegal-Addresses-Possible-Fungibility-Decrease-Wave-04-14