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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by gambiting on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:38AM (#27128732)
Yes, but then you have a problem of "tainted" bitcoins. So in theory you arrive in a situation where some bitcoins aren't equal others - they can't be spent in a normal way because at some point in the past they went through a tumbler, so payment providers won't touch them "just in case".
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Re:Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. poli... by PeterisP on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:29AM (#27129049)
Yes, that's kind of the whole point - from the government or law enforcement perspective, having a class of "tainted" coins would not be a problem but the intended outcome, and if a side-effect of that is a serious disincentive to use tumbling/laundering services (since that would effectively taint/destroy your funds, no matter if they were originally clean), that would be considered as a bonus, not as a flaw.
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