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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by hocuspocus on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:54PM (#29772180)
Seeing how well the ransomware industry is faring, it seems Putin doesn't feel too threatened yet.

But what happens when he bans all exchanges that off-board cryptocurrencies to Ruble? Will the opposition be happy with tokens that are suddenly useless for day-to-day expenses?

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by Andrew_nenakhov on Sunday January 02, 2022 @02:26PM (#29772639)
The exchange I'm using is already banned. Didn't stop anyone.

The real threat is police baiting users of such exchanges into sending or receiving funds. But we're yet to see such activity from them.

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by sudosysgen on Sunday January 02, 2022 @04:51PM (#29774359)
You haven't seen such activity yet because they don't think you're worth the trouble. If you ever are, it will change, and the exchange will become useless.
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