tinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down19
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comtinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy only the crypto rich? Any rich person can just buy crypto at an exchange at this point.
minus-squareZenith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThose people don’t want crypto or they would do just that
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoKidnappers don’t want crypto? I thought the hard part about kidnapping was getting the money without getting caught.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, crypto is the farthest thing from a solution to that problem.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhy do you think that?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIt’s extremely traceable. There is a literal public ledger if every single transaction.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat about mixers, onion routed payments, Monero, etc where that isn’t the case?
Why only the crypto rich? Any rich person can just buy crypto at an exchange at this point.
Those people don’t want crypto or they would do just that
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?