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Re:Ethereum Goerli testnet merge goes live before move to pr... by seibelj on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:16PM (#32431183)
You can’t stop crime, otherwise murder wouldn’t happen. If you give people a modicum of freedom then some amount of them will act with criminal intent.

Arguably the blockchain makes detecting and prosecuting money laundering easier than our opaque legacy financial system.

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Re:Ethereum Goerli testnet merge goes live before move to pr... by ahahahahah on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:34PM (#32433136)
Right, in the same way that in the hypothetical Blockchain utopia anyone seeing you eat at a coffeeshop can also see what porn sites you visit, how often you shop at the dispensary, and which escorts you prefer to visit.
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