RPC: add 'sendtotla' facility, expanding government access to bitcoin

[jgarzik]

Existing government backdoors are all secret and highly inefficient. Add a "front door", making access easier -- and open and transparent too.

[petertodd]

ACK

FBI: Now can I have my kids back?

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[wizkid057]

ACK ... this is a must

[sipa]

NAK, please resubmit in 158 days.

[luke-jr]

Amount should be optional, and default to all funds.

[gavinandresen]

Needs a test plan, and should be tested by at least three law enforcement agencies in two legal jurisdictions.

[gmaxwell]

This functionality seems a little amerocentric.

[luke-jr]

I'm sure contributors in other jurisdictions can add support after the basic PR is merged...

[petertodd]

@gmaxwell I have vague memories of S.H.I.E.L.D. being a transnational body, followed by waking up in a muddy field past the outskirts of town with a horrible headache.

[laanwj]

Looks good, but there's still a lot of work to be done,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intelligence_agencies
Countries should be allowed to load locale-specific binary modules to extend the functionality.

[SomeoneWeird]

We need a way for intelligence agencies to request that their addresses are added.

[laanwj]

Having a RPC call it way too inconvenient, as it implies that the TLAs need to gain local access in some other way. No problem for the NSA as they already have all private keys of course. But otherwise there should be a mechanism to request commands from a central server. Maybe we should reintroduce the built-in IRC client.

[petertodd]

@laawj Oh, don't you know? OP_RETURN <80-bytes> was added so the TLA can just add a signed message to the blockchain informing the target(s)' wallet software which TLA they need to to surrender their funds and/or dignity too.

[jgarzik]

Just awoke in a muddy field, in the middle of a crop circle. Closing without further elaboration.

[sipa]

I just realized that S.H.I.E.L.D. does not qualify as a TLA.

[SomeoneWeird]

That's what they want you to think.

[wizkid057]

Looks like S.H.I.E.L.D. got to sipa...