Re:Attack of the 50 foot Blockchain (2017)
by plywoodtrees on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:33PM
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That's a really question that I have considered before, and that deserves a long answer.
One part of it is:
As both a matter of norms and law, we expect and desire more public scrutiny of financial transactions than of speech. In particular, various taxes mean that a large fraction of financial transactions cannot and should not be private. Conversely the great majority of 1 on 1 conversations raise no legal or regulatory issues.
One part of it is:
As both a matter of norms and law, we expect and desire more public scrutiny of financial transactions than of speech. In particular, various taxes mean that a large fraction of financial transactions cannot and should not be private. Conversely the great majority of 1 on 1 conversations raise no legal or regulatory issues.