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by Hnus 1578 days ago
For not having to dox contributors and have their past and future transactions public from the start instead?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/11/1045281/ottawa-a...

1 comments

It's true that Bitcoin has privacy problems, but it doesn't have the problem where your wallet just suddenly stops working because of unlawful government action and you have no recourse. Even at privacy, it's not clear that it's worse than the banking system when your adversary is the government.