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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by klodolph on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:15PM (#25002673)
> We have been discussing this in the context of being a sneaky cyber criminal with a just law system.

If you were assuming that the law was just then you’ve been having a different conversation. I’ve just been assuming that this is the US legal system, nothing more, nothing less. Do not assume that the US legal system is just.

The US law system is reasonably competent, has a global reach, and can out-wait you.

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by doggosphere on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:35PM (#25003675)
Resources are not unlimited. Time and attention can only be divided so many ways.

As we speak, billions of dollars of illegal drug cartel money sloshes along the international banking system, sometimes enabled by the banks themselves. The powers that be seem very ineffective at stopping them. I think you have too much confidence in the capabilities of these systems.

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