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More a - still somewhat anonymous crime method of payment, cheap/easy way to move money across borders, an easy way to fund things that should not be funded.

Ref: https://www.coindesk.com/north-korea-stole-2-billion-in-cryp...

Ref: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-is-aiding-the-ransomware-in...

Would love to see what good it has done so far.



So downvotes and no comments? Nice


$2B only? That's peanuts. Look at your beloved fiat currency: https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/industry/financia...

And of course, this is not a full account of all the dirty fiat transactions. At least with Bitcoin, those transactions would be public forever.


How about a time relative comparison?

Fiat has been around for how long? In what quantity? How much of that has been crime % wise?

Same question about crypto.




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