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Re:10 years of whatever this has been by Chris2048 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:02AM (#29264923)
> I do not want the monetary system I'm apart of supporting Organised Crime, Terrorism, etc.

This is true of all significant monetary systems. It's also notable that btc is not anonymous, so leave as much as (or more) of a papertrail.

> the only real instance I'm aware of that I would call unjust is Visa refusing to accept WikiLeaks donations

What about the practise of Civil forfeiture?

Re:10 years of whatever this has been by InsomniacL on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:47AM (#29265281)
> What about the practise of Civil forfeiture?

As I say, it depends on your point of view. There are proponents and critics of Civil Forfeiture but as an Englishman I do not have the Cultural/Societal understanding of America to form my own view on the subject that doesn't directly affect me.

Re:10 years of whatever this has been by samhw on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:40AM (#29265222)
> What about the practise of Civil forfeiture?

That's not a feature of a particular monetary system, it's a US-specific legal doctrine governing any kind of property.

Re:10 years of whatever this has been by Chris2048 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:25AM (#29266469)
And the feature of many monetary systems is they are "property" i.e physical currency, and so must yield to US legal doctrines about physical property.

It's not relevant that this is US-specific, because this is an example, which must be based somewhere.

Re:10 years of whatever this has been by InsomniacL on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:49AM (#29265293)
> any kind of property.

I'd imagine that includes BTC too

Re:10 years of whatever this has been by Chris2048 on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:53PM (#29273641)
I don't think it does. Rights to search & seize physical goods isn't the same to search a digital device and force a transaction. At the very least, you can with-hold passwords i.e. refuse to participate, in a way you can't prevent police from searching your vehicle.