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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by throwaway290 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:48PM (#35462625)
And also to support oppressive governments by helping work around sanctions?
Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by infamouscow on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:30PM (#35463388)
You sound propagandized by your government.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how informed do you believe you are to be making these statements and what makes you so convinced working around sanctions is bad? Have you spoken to anyone in the countries negatively impacted by your government's sanctions?

Do you understand the humanitarian disasters and suffering caused by your sanctions and why someone might circumvent them, or are you just a marionette for ultra wealthy bankers and CEOs?

Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by throwaway290 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:30AM (#35464141)
Any way around sanctions that helps me send money to my family in Russia is a way that is exploited by the dictator orders of magnitude more, maintaining the situation where my relatives need financial help in the first place (to say nothing about undermining world peace etc). Yes it is unfortunate.
Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by midmagico on Monday April 10, 2023 @12:15AM (#35509121)
It does not have the kind of liquidity, nor anonymity, which could be successfully used at any significant scale whatsoever, and there's no point to it given the USD is a convenient, anonymous, trivially falsifiable source of funds which are fully launderable.