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Re:The Web3 Fraud by kabes on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:05AM (#29588471)
How is it censorship free? The government could decide to make Bitcoin illegal. Sure, you could move it to another country without these laws or do things illegally, but that's no different for cash and the issues you mention.
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Re:The Web3 Fraud by throwaway_2009 on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:51AM (#29593824)
It is censorship free because I can send you a million bitcoin and no-one can stop us without physical force.

The same is far from being true via other means such as the legacy banking system or cash. I mean, you can try and send a briefcase full of notes in the post cross-border, it might work, I wouldn't know or care to try.

Obviously the Government can attempt to, or pass laws, to censor anything at any time for any reason. In my country it was illegal for me to visit family for about 6 months this/last year, there's nothing special about Bitcoin, power will attempt to fuck with you simply because they can.

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