Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by glitchc on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:45AM
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The key difference is that they all require identity to use and can be traced back to a person.
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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by atomic_cowprod on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:58AM
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That is by design and is a good thing to everyone except cartels and communist governments.
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by inigyou on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:35AM
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What about people wanting to buy abortion pills?
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by trollbridge on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @02:23PM
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Cash, at a pharmacy.
Crypto doesn’t make that any better.
Neither does online ordering. Online orders have to have a degree of KYC.
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by inigyou on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:50PM
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It's illegal to sell abortion pills. What now?
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by trollbridge on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @12:19AM
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Cash seems to have functioned pretty well for the illegal drug trade for a long time.
What’s your point? Crypto somehow facilitates illegal financial transactions? That is not going to make normal people eager to use it.
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by inigyou on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:01AM
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At least not until normal things become crimes.
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
by trollbridge on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @02:22PM
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Cash requires no such thing. Neither do easily available gift cards. There is a little more friction involved.
As a merchant I have zero desire to sell online to an anonymous buyer because the fraud risk is too high. I have to know whom I’m shipping to and how they’re paying for it.