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by rhodorhoades 1386 days ago
Because crypto is banned on every meaningful platform. I can’t use my phone to mine, I can’t use defi on IOS or android. In the US I can’t access shorting on CEX, am not allowed to use tornado cash to gain privacy, I am platform locked everywhere I go and yet crypto hangs on the fringe.

Crypto is heavily censored in the US from multiple directions.
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cowtools 1386 days ago
I can use my phone to CPU mine with https://github.com/XMRig-for-Android/xmrig-for-android albeit at a very low hashrate. IDK about GPU mining though, seems like that could be more useful. But if you root your android device you can pretty much install anything you would on a linux system, with exceptions.

Also, I don't see why you couldn't just distribute a defi app on android as an APK, including tornado cash. I don't really know if trading on leverage is a critical part of using cryptocurrency, but I don't really see how you would be prevented from doing that on mobile unless your CEX distributes a different desktop app.

Crypto is not heavily censored in the US. I mean maybe, but it depends on what state you live in. Also, you can't legally mix coins as a service like tornado cash or coinjoin server, as that constitutes money laundering.

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rhodorhoades 1386 days ago
What you are describing is against androids terms of service and can find your entire google identity banned.

> Crypto is not heavily censored in the US. I mean maybe, but it depends on what state you live in.

There are major roadblocks being put in place by powerful entities. I have to use VPNs, different distribution/ platforms, .onions, NATS, and other bits of technology to get around those roadblocks and use the technology as I see fit.

> tornado cash or coinjoin server, as that constitutes money laundering.

Ensuring privacy is money laundering? Please tell.

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cowtools 1385 days ago
>What you are describing is against androids terms of service and can find your entire google identity banned.

Distributing an APK? There is nothing google can do about this. I never accept google's terms of service because I use an AOSP distro like calyxos or grapheneos

>There are major roadblocks being put in place by powerful entities. I have to use VPNs, different distribution/ platforms, .onions, NATS, and other bits of technology to get around those roadblocks and use the technology as I see fit.

The cryptocurrency is only as decentralized as its development infrastructure.

>Ensuring privacy is money laundering? Please tell.

It can be prosecuted as money laundering if you are offering a service (tornado cash, wasabi, coinjoin, etc.). If it is a passive feature of the network (zcash, monero, etc.) then there is no one to prosecute.

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