>meaning they could just use any much cheaper sharded data storage. There are a plenty of regulatory reasons why this is simply not true. Cryptocurrencies may

>meaning they could just use any much cheaper sharded data storage. There are a plenty of regulatory reasons why this is simply not true. Cryptocurrencies may sound stupid from a technical point of view, but clearly they have a bunch of very real advantages over e.g. liberty reserve. Edit: I guess I'll be waiting for Show HN: MongoDB based money laundering platform. :)