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Re:The endless search for a crypto use case by colordrops on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @03:03PM (#32322903)
Your story is an anecdote, and an interesting one, but not sure if your conclusions are valid. Crypto is used in China for subverting government oversight, and they are far more advanced than Bosnia at digital control.
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Re:The endless search for a crypto use case by NikolaNovak on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:03PM (#32324280)
Absolutely and fair point: My story is indeed an anecdote; but it was not strictly meant to address the question of whether Crypto is useful or not in escaping government oversight, but the specific hypothesis in the post I replied to:

  "Those who haven't personally experienced #1 (such as world superpowers, the wealthy/"elite") seem not to be able to grasp the benefits. "
As such, I wanted to provide a counter-point/perspective, anecdotal as it may be.
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Re:The endless search for a crypto use case by aaaaaaaaata on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @04:29PM (#32323885)
Not always oversight, but for subverting government controls — note that these are very different.
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Re:The endless search for a crypto use case by colordrops on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @04:41PM (#32324028)
What's the difference?
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Re:The endless search for a crypto use case by soco on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @04:19AM (#32329019)
And what do you think, they are successful because the crypto schemes are so powerful, or because the CCP is letting them go with it?
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