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by tcarn 2588 days ago
There needs to be more accountability for Bitcoin, solve btc and you solve a lot of these hacks...
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The lack of accountability in btc is considered a feature. The fact that funds can be tracked at all is considered a bug, hence monero and zerocoin etc.
Not just a feature, it's the reason for bitcoins existence.
One of maaaaany.
I'm no bitcoin fanatic but the number of scams out there that involve transferring money into a traditional bank account indicates that accountability doesn't solve anything.
What percentage of ransomware attacks involve direct bank transfers? I'm guessing it's minuscule. Better accountability might not solve anything, but it will certainly reduce the scale of the problem, which is generally the best we can hope for.
umm no... That entire purpose of bitcoin is to remove accountability, to make a digital version of cash that can not be blocked, censored, or regulated by governments or corporations.

See Some people like the idea of freedom

In this case criminals.
Ok, And, criminals use cash as well, would you be infavor of a cashless society?

Somehow I bet you would, with understanding the complete ramifications of such a society