Re:The endless search for a crypto use case
by JeremyNT on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:41PM
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I haven't lived in such a place but this is always how I think of it.
The tech is the easy part. If you're conducting illicit transactions in some kind of attempt to dodge regulations - however your (potentially) corrupt regime defines "illicit" and whether the "regulations" are just - then obfuscation isn't going to help you for very long.
The ability to use the internet at all is a function of the willingness of the people in charge of a government to 1) allow usage of the Internet by anybody and 2) the willingness of the people in charge to allow you in particular to use the Internet.
The tech is the easy part. If you're conducting illicit transactions in some kind of attempt to dodge regulations - however your (potentially) corrupt regime defines "illicit" and whether the "regulations" are just - then obfuscation isn't going to help you for very long.
The ability to use the internet at all is a function of the willingness of the people in charge of a government to 1) allow usage of the Internet by anybody and 2) the willingness of the people in charge to allow you in particular to use the Internet.