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by ahmetrcagil 1502 days ago
It is traded in a black market at its actual price.
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Could a smart contract prevent black markets from existing?

Imagine if every transaction had to have a digitally signed "seal of approval" from a DAO that verifies that 1 USD was sent in the other direction.

Then we'll trade the keys to the addresses of those coins. You simply cannot prevent a black market.
How would that would? If you can't trade the actual coins due to crypto magic, you just trade IOUs instead.
Blunt force contracts have been attempted with mixed success.