Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN?

Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by ops on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:28PM (#31018377)

I can't imagine a quicker way to get on a government watch list than to participate in a Bitcoin mixer. How do you ensure Coinjoin isn't secrely being ran by your authoritarian government?

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by neb_b on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:38PM (#31018471)

You can use a protocol that doesn't allow for a centralized coordinator with insight into the coin paths, like samourai whirlpool. It could potentially be logging ip's but can be accessed through vpn/tor

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by ops on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:40PM (#31018499)

How do you know the tor exit nodes and/or VPN aren't being ran by your authoritarian government?

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by neb_b on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:50PM (#31018629)

You don't, but all of this makes it harder to track.

Even if the government can track you through all of this, you can setup your private keys in a way that your family can still access your money if the government arrests you.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by float4 on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:34PM (#31019182)

https://xkcd.com/538

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by mcphage on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:03PM (#31020232)

It's funny that this comic is from long enough ago that "Crypto" referred to "Cryptography", and yet it is still relevant :-)

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