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I’m not following. Genuinely curious what you mean by this.
by Forgeties79 5y ago
I’m not following. Genuinely curious what you mean by this.
- leoqa 5y agoI believe they’re saying that crypto has enabled ransomware to become lucrative, and therefore all supporters of a decentralized payment method are also supporting digital piracy.
- newbamboo 5y agoIt’s like investing in a company that does bad things. Some people invest in oil and some don’t. People find ways to justify it to themselves but it is what it is. It’s not something to be proud of yet many clearly feel no shame. That will change as the problem gets bigger, which will happen if crypto continues to enjoy success.
- legulere 5y agoWith time it turned out the main use of cryptocurrencies (apart from speculation) is for illegal transactions, as they don’t normally manage to compete with legal transactions, but provide a way to avoid law enforcement while staying pseudonymous or anonymous when receiving or sending money. By supporting cryptocurrency infrastructure you are indirectly supporting those illegal transactions. Now you could say the same e.g. for bakers that they also feed war criminals or whatever, however bread’s main use isn’t feeding criminals. It’s much more akin to providing money laundering services.