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Heh, yeah, I was thinking "so did the NSA".

• TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
  Is this a thing?... I never thought about it before... but after reading the "The Shadow Factory" I totally understand they could do that... It's halvings are correlated to right before a presidential elections which seems suspicious. But why? Is it a giant honeypot that got out of hand?
  • cut3 2y ago
    Digital transactions being easier to track than physical ones is my guess. Everything I buy with crypto is attached to my wallet. No one knows what I bought with cash or traded items for.
    • nunobrito 2y ago
      It was quite convenient in those days to convince drug dealers to adopt bitcoin exactly because of that. Eventually all the smart ones moved to monero where privacy between transactions is beyond doubt. Trivia: 1) Guess which crypto is now being delisted from all major exchanges? 2) Now guess which crypto the US gov is actively purchasing/supporting?
  • j-bos 2y ago
    For fun try googling the Japanese translations of "nakamoto" and "satoshi".
    • wizzwizz4 2y ago
      They look like names to me. What are you referring to?
      • j-bos 2y ago
        Huh, I guess google really isn't what it used to be. Nakamoto can be translated s central: https://www.bing.com/search?q=nakamoto+etymology&pq=nakamoto+etymology https://www.bing.com/search?q=nakamoto+etymology&pq=nakamoto... and Satoshi can be translated as intellingence: https://www.bing.com/search?q=satoshi+etymology&pq=satoshi+etymology https://www.bing.com/search?q=satoshi+etymology&pq=satoshi+e...
        • wizzwizz4 2y ago
          Where are you getting "s central"?
          • j-bos 2y ago
            Typo, meant to be "as central"
    • TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
      now try ""moto" and "satoshi"