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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Also, the unbanked.

Also, privacy and anonymity (to an extent).

Also, complete predictability in the system (its at least domain constrained).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There's no privacy, it's an open ledger, only anonymity

It's a bad way of hiding money if you're about to be investigated for crime

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Monero seems to be holding up in terms of privacy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the unbanked

Can the unbanked still benefits from crypto these days though? How can you cash your crypto without doing KYC? Even localbitcoin got folded due to increased regulation. If you can pass KYC, then you're probably not the unbanked. Less and less business accept crypto these days, it's hard purchase daily necessities without cashing out your crypto (except probably in venezuela).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

except probably in venezuela

I mean thats really what I'm talking about. Africa, Central and South America, I know they benefit substantially from technology, because local banks can be so unreliable.

An older article, but relevant:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/oluwaseunadeyanju/2021/09/14/bitcoin-opportunity-africa-adoption-rate-is-highest-globally/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Thanks for your input, dingdong.