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Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by a1369209993 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:47PM (#23647562)
Because jpkoning mentioned Russians and terrorists are the usual excuse used to pretend that secure (ie not amenable to blackballing) banking infrastructure is a bad thing, when in fact it's

> good for everyone.

with the exception of repressive govenments that want to shut down things like Sci-Hub.

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Re:Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin by hedora on Thursday June 25, 2020 @11:34PM (#23648414)
The leaders of those governments will eventually figure out how to launder their bribes through bitcoin (if they haven’t already), and then it’ll be good for the oppressive governments too.
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