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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by treis on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @11:24AM (#19264197)
Those barriers are likely due to money laundering laws and whoever is accepting the bitcoin is (probably) breaking the law when they convert to USD or other currencies. So you're right that it's not necessarily illegal purchases so much as illegal transactions.

You can break the cryptocurrency usage into 4 main groups: Speculators, Lawbreakers, Libertarian types, and Techies. Otherwise, the financial system provides cheaper or more convenient options for payment.

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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by curiousgal on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @11:52AM (#19264523)
> Those barriers are likely due to money laundering laws

Again, the world is much bigger and more nuanced than you think, non-covertible currencies are a thing and they are due to a country's central bank policy not money laundering laws.

> the financial system provides cheaper or more convenient options for payment.

No it does not, if I had had ways to pay for a server using my country's currency, I would have used it.

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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by treis on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:32PM (#19265008)
>Again, the world is much bigger and more nuanced than you think, non-covertible currencies are a thing and they are due to a country's central bank policy not money laundering laws.

What difference does it make which law or "policy" the users are circumventing?

>No it does not, if I had had ways to pay for a server using my country's currency, I would have used it.

And if it were legal to do so there would be a way.

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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by Erlich_Bachman on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:40PM (#19265109)
You do realize the world is bigger than US and EU, right? That there are many other countries in the world where the situation is not the same as in the first world?
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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by treis on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @01:01PM (#19265358)
No, this is the first I'm hearing of it. Please go on about these "other countries".
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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by duado on Thursday February 28, 2019 @12:02AM (#19269051)
Venezuela is a place where the government is the equivalent of a guy bursting into a shopping mall and shooting it up. In their case Bitcoin does have a genuine purpose.
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Re:Alleged Coinomi exploit shows how easy it is to have Bitc... by treis on Thursday February 28, 2019 @09:17AM (#19271424)
And that purpose is breaking Venezuelan law. If the Venezuela government weren't a bunch of gangsters and made hard currency transactions legal then they wouldn't use Bitcoin.
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