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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by RobotToaster on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:21PM (#35318451)
>But those such as Bitcoin that are the most decentralized and censorship resistant

Bitcoin isn't anonymous though, which makes it's censorship resistance dubious. IIRC monero fixed that.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip... by capableweb on Sunday March 26, 2023 @04:07PM (#35318986)
It doesn't have to be anonymous to be censorship resistant or useful in those environments. It takes more work, sure, but it's not a must-have property of the system in order to be resistant to censorship.
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