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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by eeZah7Ux on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:50PM (#19195577)
> tools can't be blamed for secondary use cases

Hold on. Technology (and knowledge in general) is ethically neutral.

The action of researching and developing it in a specific way, time and place in never ethically [and politically] neutral.

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Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency by kmkemp on Monday February 18, 2019 @07:23PM (#19195729)
Making anonymous trades is a legitimate use case, even if we understand that it would be an attractive option for black markets.
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