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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place by inigyou on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:35AM (#48646724)
What about people wanting to buy abortion pills?
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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place by trollbridge on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @02:23PM (#48649170)
Cash, at a pharmacy.

Crypto doesn’t make that any better.

Neither does online ordering. Online orders have to have a degree of KYC.

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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place by inigyou on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:50PM (#48654859)
It's illegal to sell abortion pills. What now?
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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place by trollbridge on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @12:19AM (#48655061)
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.

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Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place by inigyou on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @04:01AM (#48656668)
At least not until normal things become crimes.
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