[antaviana]

Crypto has single handedly created a very large malware industry and has also made information security a massive industry.

Ban crypto and both industries will become way, way smaller.

[DJBunnies]

Might as well eliminate the attack surface entirely, and ban computing.

[vachina]

In a way yes that’s how enterprise endpoint software works.

[da_chicken]

No, data exfiltration is just as lucrative as crypto.

We are unfortunately long past the point where viruses would frequently be merely annoying.

[antaviana]

How do you pay for data exfiltration ransoms or to purchase stolen data? My take is that if you remove crypto, you will hamper greatly these transactions.

[dawnerd]

Just about every exploited site I've had to deal with has been some form of crypto miner.

[da_chicken]

Sure, because there's no reason not to, and because crypto mining is noisier than data exfiltration.

That doesn't mean it's the most lucrative revenue stream.