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Re:$7.5B In Stolen Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack has just ... by TearsInTheRain on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:42PM (#26814021)
Who gets to determine which addresses are "poisoned"? China? The US? I have to imagine the ideologues in the bitcoin community will fight back against that. Also, not being censorable is a big part of bitcoin's value prop so this type of regulation would likely crash the price as well.
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Re:$7.5B In Stolen Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack has just ... by ajkdhcb2 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:20AM (#26818557)
If different countries had different ban lists then it would still censor the BTC that are included in enough lists

As BTC continues to grow, the 'bitcoin community' changes in character; it's already fallen far from the cypherpunk anti-censorship / privacy roots

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