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The point of money laundering is confusing the origin of money you can’t spend. If you can already spend it on miners and utilities, why go through the pain of

The point of money laundering is confusing the origin of money you can’t spend. If you can already spend it on miners and utilities, why go through the pain of cryptocurrency? Just buy jet skis and restaurants or whatever it is you actually want.

MichaelGG 8y ago
Miners take Bitcoin directly giving you a way to launder a big chunk of money. They don't ask questions and it's not a big visible thing like buying cars in your name. Hosters are fairly cheap and aren't going to be a problem.
- FeepingCreature 8y ago
  Hi, just dropping in cause HNews doesn't have PMs to say I found your comment about how the "other" hemisphere of the brain might be independently conscious but suppressed. Two things. First: if there was an inactive area of the brain that did not contribute to your behavior, it is very likely evolution would have entirely disabled it. The brain is the single most energy expensive organ in the body. Second, and more importantly: your consciousness does not control your behavior anyways - the only thing that is reasonably known to be in its power is the ability to stop yourself from doing things. Consciousness sees an after-action report of the decisions that the rest of your brain makes, and hence concludes that "it" is responsible for them. (This can be seen by your brain deciding on a course of action seconds before you become consciously aware of it.) As such, the experience of an inert consciousness would probably not be all that different from your active one. Maybe it would have to justify a few more impulsive actions in hindsight. You may be modelling this as a separate being who is confused and terrified, but that's a category mistake - sensations and feelings happen to your consciousness, not in your consciousness.
pbhjpbhj 8y ago
If you're good at hiding afterwards then there's probably plenty of people fencing computers who will take the cash (and launder it). You can probably get goods stolen to order.

MichaelGG 8y ago

Miners take Bitcoin directly giving you a way to launder a big chunk of money. They don't ask questions and it's not a big visible thing like buying cars in your name. Hosters are fairly cheap and aren't going to be a problem.

FeepingCreature 8y ago
Hi, just dropping in cause HNews doesn't have PMs to say I found your comment about how the "other" hemisphere of the brain might be independently conscious but suppressed. Two things. First: if there was an inactive area of the brain that did not contribute to your behavior, it is very likely evolution would have entirely disabled it. The brain is the single most energy expensive organ in the body. Second, and more importantly: your consciousness does not control your behavior anyways - the only thing that is reasonably known to be in its power is the ability to stop yourself from doing things. Consciousness sees an after-action report of the decisions that the rest of your brain makes, and hence concludes that "it" is responsible for them. (This can be seen by your brain deciding on a course of action seconds before you become consciously aware of it.) As such, the experience of an inert consciousness would probably not be all that different from your active one. Maybe it would have to justify a few more impulsive actions in hindsight. You may be modelling this as a separate being who is confused and terrified, but that's a category mistake - sensations and feelings happen to your consciousness, not in your consciousness.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago

If you're good at hiding afterwards then there's probably plenty of people fencing computers who will take the cash (and launder it). You can probably get goods stolen to order.