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by astrange 936 days ago
Transactions in most crypto are even more visible to the state than in normal banking, because they're in an uneditable public database that never loses history.
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Crypto tumblers are a thing, and they make the public history unreadable. Bank transactions aren't public, but the government can get access, and stuff like money laundering is easier to detect than with crypto.
> Crypto tumblers are a thing, and they make the public history unreadable.

That simply means they're illegal, not that we have to put up with them. Cf Tornado Cash, anyone who's running one is a money launderer.

Monero is also a thing.