steveeq1

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by steveeq1 7y ago
Because for certain types of things, like pirating movies, it's good enough.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
opera exploded?
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by steveeq1 7y ago
local.bitcoin.com . It's non-custodial and does not rely on a trusted third party. So it's impossible to regulate. You buy peer-to-peer directly from a dealer. You technically get BCH, not BTC, but you can convert after. This is t
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by steveeq1 7y ago
yeah, but he knew his stuff so it at least sounds plausible
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by steveeq1 7y ago
I don't think you know how drug dealers do it. local.bitcoin.com is what drug dealers use these days. it's non-custodial, is not a "company" (so it can't be regulated) and is trustless because it uses data signature
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by steveeq1 7y ago
xmr.to is illegal in the united states so hackers use vpn to get around it. And there are legitimate reasons to use monero and bitcoin. Sending money to family in countries such as china, iran, and venezuela is one. Another use is legitimia
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by steveeq1 7y ago
It's encrypted, so no.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Or maybe they don't. Usually, governemnt agencies outsource to private companies to do the tracking. And big companies like chainalysis admit they can't do much about monero or wasabi. Usually, when people get caught it's bec
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by steveeq1 7y ago
If someone CAN prove it, I'm all ears. . .
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by steveeq1 7y ago
bitcoin is not "a company", it's a distributed network of computers that's basically impossible to take down.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Because there are legimitate uses for monero and if you use a service like xmr.to to convert to bitcoin (which mixes the bitcoin on top of that), you are "far enough removed" from the tainted transaction to establish "plausib
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by steveeq1 7y ago
If blockchain analysis companies can't trace monero, I doubt the government can either. Hell, wasabi bitcoin wallet can't even be traced by chainalysis.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
And how are they going to know you even HAVE a wallet? There are anonymization techniques like wasabi and monero that are fairly trivial to use. It's basically like trying to outlaw software piracy, it's a hard sell.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Hackers use "bisq" which is a decentralized exchange to get around this problem. I am baffled as to how "kingpin money launders" don't do this. I'm not a money launderer and I know this. As for the fbi consderi
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Then use Bisq. it's a decentralized exchange. When I read stories about "people getting caught using bitcoin", I am baffled as to why they don't do this.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
It does already work and the "three letter organization" can't do much about it. Hell, they can't even do anything about the bitcoin wallet "wasabi", much less monero: https://www.cryptopolitan.com&#
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by steveeq1 7y ago
You get around that by converting from btc to monero and then back again. Either through bisq or through xmr.to. "mixers" are obsolete now because it's a central point of failure.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
No, Monero is not traceable in any real-world, common-sense way. This "attack" is academic and theoretical.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
No, people just use monero and convert to bitcoin last minute through xmr.to . Bitcoin is used because it's the most popular cryptocurrency. What's a better alternative, credit cards?
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Asians were discriminated against, quite heavily, in america during the 19th and early 20th century. Doesn't seem to be affecting them . . .
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by steveeq1 7y ago
past discrimination does not explain the rise of asians.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
That's an exception. Rap music is very prevalent in today's society, and almost all of the subject matter deals with rape, killing, and selling drugs. You basically had to go back to the '90s to find an example.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
But the judgment was not appropriate punishment for what he said. He said something you disagree with, so what? You should judge people more by their actions than any particular belief they have.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
My point is that "gangsta" rap music is every bit as offensive as blackface, perhaps even more. But outrage culture selectively applies the "harmful" argument to the latter, not the former. Nor do they make as a big deal
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by steveeq1 7y ago
sure, you can find am exception if you look hard enough. But my point being is that the outrage crowd simply doesn't apply the same level of outrage to thugs as they do everyone else in any by-and-large way.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
The problem is it's selectively applied. I can just as easily argue that rap music as "harmful" and what they said were "terrible" things, and yet there is no public outrage over that. In western society, it seems,
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by steveeq1 7y ago
They brought no proof, so no. Show something on a cell phone video or whatever. And make it obvious, not something that can be interpreted in other ways. Then I'll believe it. But until that day comes, the burden of proof lies with the
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by steveeq1 7y ago
But my point is, I'm sure I can find something if I looked hard enough. Probably even worse as what Richard Stallman did isn't THAT bad.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Or maybe they're just playing the victim.
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by steveeq1 7y ago
Confirmation bias. If the "multiple women" spans decades, you're probably actively looking for the hits and not looking at the misses. He's socially awkward so probably a lot of the "hits" are probably misinter

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