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by tsimionescu 1406 days ago
No, money laundering is a consequence of any technology that tries to remove trusted 3rd parties from finance while not completely giving up on privacy the way Bitcoin does, which is an absurd goal in and of itself.

You can have excellent privacy while not permitting money laundering if you have good, trustworthy banks that properly enforce AML while not cooperating with law enforcement unnecessarily.