> Number 2 is a fancy way to describe a primary use case being money laundering. That's not entirely true. I think a more principal use case for Number 2 is pu

> Number 2 is a fancy way to describe a primary use case being money laundering. That's not entirely true. I think a more principal use case for Number 2 is purchasing things (dark web drugs, gambling, etc) outside of the usual centralized financial system rails which would stop them at the edges. Bitcoin seems like a poor choice for money laundering because of how traceable it is; you'd need to use privacy coins for that, and even then, it's questionable (51% attack is doable in the same way that many Tor nodes are compromised).