> - you want to avoid taxes / tariffs (see, doing something illegal) Which is basically impossible. It's a distributed ledger and the IRS has chain analysis so

> - you want to avoid taxes / tariffs (see, doing something illegal) Which is basically impossible. It's a distributed ledger and the IRS has chain analysis software. > - you're doing something traditional payment providers don't allow So no one has ever complained about Paypal? Seems to be a recurring theme on HN. > - you're speculating Which is exactly about Y Combinator is about? I personally think Uber and Facebook are scams. Uber ignored regulation and started its business without getting permission. Facebook tries to convince young people to spend more of their time doing worthless things. And yet a lot of people here are being paid big bucks by these companies and loving it! The modern internet is just a cess pool. Crypto skeptics want us to believe that everything else on the internet that came before it has a purpose and is justified. But really the modern internet is making society worse.