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		__d on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's time for us in the tech world to speak out ab... Curious that anyone thinks using Bitcoin to donate to Wikileaks is any more anonymous than doing an ACH transfer.

baby on May 31, 2021 | [–]

So I haven’t really looked at it too much but I’ve heard about solutions (like incognito.org) to transfer shielded bitcoin (basically adding privacy to bitcoin).

jarbus on May 31, 2021 | [–]

It's not for the anonymity, it's for the censorship resistance. US govt blocked payments to wikileaks

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