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by pjc50 554 days ago
If people have actually read the article, they will have spotted the bits where patio11 himself has been adversely affected by this at least twice!

> I think he is incentivized to try to make people believe that KYC is beneficial and highly effective

I don't think the article is arguing that at all. It's describing the "system", not endorsing it (and explicitly complaining about it in several places).