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16amxn16
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16amxn16
4y ago
>but in the real world a comment like the above would have gotten you punched in every corner of the world. Of course not.
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16amxn16
4y ago
>and most people don't have showdead on. Well, that's on them. Lots of valuable comments get flagged. You have a point though. If snobbery and walking in eggshells is what's valued here, why waste my time?
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16amxn16
4y ago
I know the guidelines. I decided to break them to get my point across, at the cost of this throwaway.
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4y ago
Thanks god it's not. The right to anonymity is something we shouldn't lose.
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16amxn16
4y ago
This actually makes sense. Or, at the very least, it wouldn't surprise me. Another end game: some sort of ID is required to use anything (that ID being a local phone number, which can be tracked down to you).
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16amxn16
4y ago
Sadly, this is true. As great as it is, bitcoin has many issues, in order: 1) The fact that Bitcoin mining traffic is detectable by ISPs (similar to torrents), so if a country prohibits it, the ISPs could simply detect that traffic triviall
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4y ago
Search no longer. I've used crypto (Bitcoin, specifically) to move money for almost 10 years. When you live in a corrupt third world country with an authoritarian govt, you have a perfect use case. Note: I don't save in BTC, jus
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4y ago
Banned by who? The state? Wouldn't that be considered state censorship and control?