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Re:Bitcoin Is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary U.S. G... by mark_l_watson on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:47PM (#13202857)
Excellent point. Here in the US, we have payoffs to government officials on the local, state, and national levels.

I like the idea of a Bitcoin like currency with 100% transparency in universal use. Privacy is important to me, but if everyone on earth had access to all financial transactions that would help stop corruption. Use case: turning my personal software agent to free to evaluate candidates in upcoming elections, not invest in companies if I dislike who they do business with, etc.

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Re:Bitcoin Is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary U.S. G... by icebraining on Sunday December 18, 2016 @07:44AM (#13205611)
There are many ways to evade such a system already. For example, one of our ex-PMs didn't get any money from a certain company; they just paid €25M to another guy, who was such a friend that he paid for the ex-PM's home, hired his wife and driver, bought thousands of copies of his book, etc.
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Re:Bitcoin Is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary U.S. G... by kahnpro on Sunday December 18, 2016 @08:35AM (#13205764)
Wow, he sounds like a really great guy! Everyone needs a friend like that.
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