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by Keyb0ardWarr10r 1420 days ago
> only thing it has enabled so far is risky, unregulated investment strategies

Did you miss 2008, shitty CDOs?

> and an staggering amount of crime

How has BTC enabled crime more than cash?

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It’s very hard to ransom a US hospital or school district from Eastern Europe (or wherever) and get paid in cash.

It’s trivial to be paid in BTC.