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The original purpose of Bitcoin was to create digital cash. It is possible to track the transaction history of funds in a bitcoin address, but there is currentl
by bendoernberg 10y ago
The original purpose of Bitcoin was to create digital cash. It is possible to track the transaction history of funds in a bitcoin address, but there is currently no central authority who can blacklist/lock addresses, and most of the major participants in the bitcoin system (users, miners, exchange operators, darknet drug markets) are not interested in changing that.