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MechaSheeva t1_iy1vocn wrote

Reply to comment by Rezhio in How a CoinDesk scoop led to the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and implosion of FTX by redhatGizmo

I miss when it was about using crypto to pay for sketchy shit and not investing/speculation.

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Rezhio t1_iy1vsb1 wrote

Most crypto are not even good for sketchy shit since all wallets can be traced.

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iruleatlifekthx t1_iy2a1c7 wrote

It depends? There are cryptocurrencies available that are stricter on privacy that people are able to skirt the law with. Certainly not unheard of. But most of is true, and that's crypto was originally meant to be a currency that couldn't be controlled or manipulated by any one government entity, free to be used by the world over. It was not meant to skirt the law.

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taradiddletrope t1_iy2vk8f wrote

“Stricter on privacy” is not the same as untraceable.

Tons of mf’s in jail right now that committed crimes before DNA was used in crime investigations who got caught with DNA evidence.

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JViz t1_iy2hwie wrote

Use a coin built on privacy. Monero, Decred, Zcash, and Grin were all built to be private.

So.... people think I'm wrong? Why/how?

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DevAway22314 t1_iy45ba3 wrote

It sounds like you're shilling coins more than giving legitimate suggestion. I've spent a decent amount of time on darknet market places and never heard of decred or grin. Zcash I think I've seen like once, maybe?

The biggest oddity is that you didn't suggest Monero, which has been the #1 privacy coin for the entire history of privacy coins. It's also the only one you could regularly use to buy "sketchy shit"

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JViz t1_iy8phc0 wrote

That seems to have garnered me even more down votes. Whatever, c'est la vie.

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JViz t1_iy45pjp wrote

I know this might seem odd, but I hadn't actually heard of Monero. I added it to the list.

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promonk t1_iy28djj wrote

Are you referring to the $32 million he contributed to Democratic election funds, or the $24 million he contributed to Republican election funds? 'Cause it kind of sounds like you're trying to make this about Dems vs. Repubs, and from where I'm sitting, neither looks very clean.

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