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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoKidnappers don’t want crypto? I thought the hard part about kidnapping was getting the money without getting caught.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoYeah, crypto is the farthest thing from a solution to that problem.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 days agoIt’s extremely traceable. There is a literal public ledger if every single transaction.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoWhat about mixers, onion routed payments, Monero, etc where that isn’t the case?
Kidnappers don’t want crypto? I thought the hard part about kidnapping was getting the money without getting caught.
Yeah, crypto is the farthest thing from a solution to that problem.
Why do you think that?
It’s extremely traceable. There is a literal public ledger if every single transaction.
What about mixers, onion routed payments, Monero, etc where that isn’t the case?