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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by encom on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:41AM (#24406437)
"Falsehoods programmers believe about life and people outside California."
Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by Muromec on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:24AM (#24406682)
"You don't need bitcoin because you can just wire money from one account to another"

"Okay, you don't need bitcoin if you are not sending your money to imaginary places like Iran and N'Korea"

"Okay, you don't need bitcoin in Europe or US unless one party in your transaction has surname that starts with Ass and ends with ange"

"What do you mean by saying that banks abroad could refuse to open you account if you are US citizen"

"Capital controls and war? What you are, a character in a Neal Stephenson novel or Python developer?"

Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by ry_co on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:26AM (#24409342)
You do realize that it's still illegal to do all these things with Bitcoin, right? It's not that banks can't do these things; they just have no interest performing illegal activities on your behalf. Bitcoin solves nothing here.
Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by Muromec on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:04PM (#24409722)
It's also illegal to smoke weed, drop acid, watch netflix or be gay or publish suicidal jokes in some places. Everybody draws a line for themselves in regard to which laws they have to respect or have no choice but to break today.