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minus-squareNotAGamerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·21 days agoGood. All crypto currencies should be banned.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·20 days agoAnd what else do we have for anonymous online payment? Gift cards are not available everywhere.
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·20 days agoThey are coming for cash next. Just wait
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoEach year they reduce the max payable amount in cash. They are on their way to inscribe a right to pay with card as we speak and each ATM tracks the serial number of every paper money piece it gives you. Whats delusional about that?
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·20 days agoWhy? Fiat digitalization is a logical next step of overwhelming mobile pay options.
minus-squareNotAGamerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·20 days agoPrinting of cash is used by governments to control value of their money. They wouldn’t abandon that.
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·19 days agoAnd if they release the money digitally what’s the difference? I’m not arguing for digital money, but I think it’s going to happen sooner or later.
minus-squareNotAGamerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·20 days agoWhy do you need that? Selling drugs online?
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·20 days agoThis argument is so common that it has its own Wikipedia page.
minus-squareNotAGamerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·20 days agoSo not selling drugs. Human trafficking then.
Good. All crypto currencies should be banned.
And what else do we have for anonymous online payment? Gift cards are not available everywhere.
They are coming for cash next. Just wait
That’s delusional.
Each year they reduce the max payable amount in cash. They are on their way to inscribe a right to pay with card as we speak and each ATM tracks the serial number of every paper money piece it gives you. Whats delusional about that?
Why? Fiat digitalization is a logical next step of overwhelming mobile pay options.
Printing of cash is used by governments to control value of their money. They wouldn’t abandon that.
And if they release the money digitally what’s the difference?
I’m not arguing for digital money, but I think it’s going to happen sooner or later.
Why do you need that? Selling drugs online?
This argument is so common that it has its own Wikipedia page.
So not selling drugs. Human trafficking then.