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Speaking about drugs, cryptocurrencies have enabled drug marketplaces that are generally quite safe for the buyer (escrow, better quality through reviews). The
by Zababa 5y ago
Speaking about drugs, cryptocurrencies have enabled drug marketplaces that are generally quite safe for the buyer (escrow, better quality through reviews). The situation is now way better than buying something on the street.
I'm not saying it's a good example of a negative consequence of "restrict the ability to transact large amounts anonymously" since you mention large amounts though.
- soco 5y agoIn (many?) places the end consumer can buy some drugs officially and much safer than any darknet review can guarantee.
- Zababa 5y agoSorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough, when I'm talking about drugs I'm talking about the illegal kind, which you usually can't get legally (that's the whole point of those market, they wouldn't exist if there was a legal alternative that isn't way more costly). Of course legislation is changing but for most people in the world the only way to get weed, MDMA, amphetamine or psilocybin is through illegal means. I'm taking those four as an example because they're all getting legalised/are already legal in some capacity in the US, but all illegal in France. A small language point: I'm French and the word for I guess illegal drugs is "drogues", whereas the word for regular medicine (which is also called drug in English) would be "médicament", at least in common speak. Sorry for the confusion, I used "drugs" while thinking about "drogues", and not what "drugs" represents.