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Re:Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money by aitrean on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:16PM (#15766833)
You are correct about F. Pseudo-anonymous is what I was trying to emphasize. But by itself, Bitcoin's anonymity would crumble under pressure to identify users at PoS endpoints.
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Re:Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money by tzakrajs on Thursday November 23, 2017 @01:41PM (#15767016)
Exactly, it's trivial for governments to unmask anyone who wants to legally deal in Bitcoin. They will probably make it illegal to hold at all, but we shall see.
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