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Re:German parliament passes bill allowing banks to sell and ... by q3k on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:06AM (#21664106)
Unfortunately the free market cares about crypto->cryptocurrency more than about crypto->cryptography.

We are all, unfortunately, under control of an entity that values financial growth at all costs over any sort of scientific merit.

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Re:German parliament passes bill allowing banks to sell and ... by BLKNSLVR on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:10AM (#21664463)
Can we use that to garner public support for cryptography under the banner of digital currency / cryptocoins?

Something like this:

The five eyes are trying to ban crypto! The government wants to be able to access your life savings when it inevitably all goes digital!

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Re:German parliament passes bill allowing banks to sell and ... by freehunter on Friday November 29, 2019 @12:20PM (#21665568)
Eh I wouldn’t be so quick to blame finance for this one. How quickly did we lose the “hackers vs crackers” debate in security? Even this forum, plenty of people think the “hacker” in the name refers to cybercriminals because the name was so throughly co-opted.
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