>Assume for now I am not buying anything illegal Why would we make an assumption like that? Also, who decides what is illegal? The entire point of decentrali

>Assume for now I am not buying anything illegal Why would we make an assumption like that? Also, who decides what is illegal? The entire point of decentralized currency is that it isn't controlled by a national government, and is not subject to any particular country's laws or any corporation's policies. The benefits go beyond just buying drugs, though. Cryptocurrency helps people to circumvent a wide variety of restrictions - from tariffs, to taxes, to labor laws, governments create all sorts of ridiculous barriers that disrupt the free market and make it difficult for people to do business. If you're happy with your country's government though and are willing to follow whatever rules they happen to make, then of course it would just be easier to use the national currency. Nobody ever claimed otherwise.