That's irrelevant. The question is whether crypto in particular facilitates crime, and it does. All airplanes facilitate passenger death, but some are far more dangerous than others. If I'm considering boarding a plane, don't tell me 'well, any plane might crash' - I don't care, I care about this plane, this pilot, etc.
also many linked sources here: https://www.cato.org/blog/overstating-crypto-crime-wont-lead...
crypto = crime narrative is provably false but how many search or care for the truth?
Bitcoin may be an attempt to make funding crime easier but it hasn't been very successful. USD is still king for funding any criminal endeavors.
How is that relevant? Silver and papyrus were once popular too.
> it will always be far easier to commit crimes with cash than with anything else
It's not easy if I want to pay someone who isn't local to me, or whom I don't want to meet in person, or if I don't want to possess physical criminal assets.
> it will always be far easier to commit crimes with cash than with anything else and that will never change until humans find a better way to fund crime.
A bit circular?
evandale: Cash has been used for facilitating crime since currency was invented
wolverine876: How is that relevant?
The question obviously isn't whether crypto facilitates crime because USD facilitates crime better. If the ability to facilitate crime was a question of whether you should use a currency or not then we wouldn't be using USD anymore.
> It's not easy if I want to pay someone who isn't local to me, or whom I don't want to meet in person, or if I don't want to possess physical criminal assets.
No idea what you're trying to say here but it doesn't seem like you're arguing in good faith. Everybody will accept USD for any good or service anywhere in the world and USD is less traceable and more anonymous than bitcoin which defeats another "bitcoin is only used for crime" argument. No. It isn't only used for crime. It's actually a terrible thing to use for crime because of how traceable it is.