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Comment by kjrose

My explanation is that Bitcoin is precisely the opposite of anonymous. If everyone started to use a currency like this it would almost impossible to hide transactions without obviously using something like a "bitcoin laundry service" which in itself would be easy to make illegal.

Essentially, you want to guarantee a way for governments to be able to track every transaction, this would be the way to do it.

That being said, I am not anti bitcoin, I just don't see it as a privacy thing.

parent kjrose 5 years ago

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