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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by cylemons on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @12:11AM (#42944085)
Isn't a wallet just a private-public key pair? One could easily generate those on a whim and start transacting using them. I assume the KYC laws apply to exchanges but what about individuals with bitcoin directly trading with each other? No way to track that
Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by npoc on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:42PM (#42966786)
Yes - I buy my bitcoin using a decentralised exchange over Tor. All the authorities can see is that I send a random person some money to their bank account. They have no idea what it's for, and would have to individually track down and successfully interrogate each different person I send money to, to discover how much bitcoin I had bought and even then they can't prove I own it.