4 ms·
How else can you do private digital transactions other than with something like monero? Given that cash is dying, and mass surveillance on all transactions is i
by vitehozonage 3y ago
How else can you do private digital transactions other than with something like monero? Given that cash is dying, and mass surveillance on all transactions is incredibly dystopian for reasons I hope are obvious, it fascinates me that HN doesn't see the importance and utility there. What is one meant to do in a few decades if they want to pay for an abortion, buy a copy of 1984, or some weed, receive onlyfans money, or whatever the society doesnt accept in x years?
Imagine you're in a different thread about social credit scores, or mastercard selling user data, or Canadian protestors having their bank accounts frozen...
- mrguyorama 3y ago>Given that cash is dying And famously, humans did ZERO transacting before the US invented paper currency, right? Or maybe a market exists externally to the financial instruments that can operate in it? Crypto isn't needed for barter. Crypto isn't needed for secret barter. Hell, swap buy sell guides were a thing in my childhood, before anyone paid for anything on the internet.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoChina invented paper currency, in 7th century AD.