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spurdoman77

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    Comment #26951495

    Cpu registers are cache for...

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    Comment #26928175

    For stablecoins, I think normal people dont think thar much about the shadiness but more if it works or not. Tether has been keeping their stablecoin stable for 6+ years, for norma…

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    Comment #26925223

    Probably all wealthy countries are big destinations for dirty money. Wouldnt make sense to bring dirty money to poor country because there it would attract more attention.

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    Comment #26916304

    I can't wait until Bitcoin makes this kind of things easier. Carrying cash in plastic bags sounds such a boomer thing to do.

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    Comment #26870718

    Just use stablecoins bro

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    Comment #26870712

    > The fact that Coinbase did a DPO instead of some kind of fancy DeFi-based offering is telling in their potential lack of conviction in the ability to offer public securities at t…

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    Comment #26829844

    Makes sense. All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy.

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    Comment #26818931

    The bitcoin blockchain is full of transactions, and lots are probably being made offchain on Lightning Network or on centralized services. Your claim is that all these transactions…

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    Comment #26816809

    Coinbase is custodying 760k BTC or so... thats more than 5% of all BTC in existence.

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    Comment #26816791

    Thats cheap transaction fee for buying my yacht or private island with BTC

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    Comment #26816706

    If tumblers are a problem, why wouldnt monero be? You could view it just as a BTC that has built-in tumbler. I dont really follow this logic of Monero shills. Exchanges can ban bot…

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    Comment #26816467

    The exchange taking it wont be knowingly taking it, it is likely just a exchange that doesnt have system for detecting it. There are thousands of btc exchanges all around the world…

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    Comment #26816388

    Depends on the kind of transaction you are doing. For bigger transactions it is actually nice not having to pay percentual fee as with Bitcoin. However with coinbase I believe they…

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    Comment #26809872

    That is quite literally illegal nowadays in many jurisdictions.

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    Comment #26808748

    Not very valuable opinion if you dont have any arguments.

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    Comment #26808727

    https://coingeek.com/binance-not-licensed-to-operate-in-malt... Binance has never been in Malta, in fact they are not located anywhere. I would be very cautious in dealing with the…

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    Comment #26804015

    No, not at all. Basically, if you dont want to deal with the onchain transactions, you could sell the risk of that to someone else and only deal in internal offchain transactions. …

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    Comment #26803598

    Even in the ancient Silk Road you could sell contraband effectively using internal, offchain transactions only. The customers pay using offchain transactions using the market, and …

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    Comment #26783959

    The boards try to maximize ownership value, and I think they genuinely believe thar if they give CEO the stock options that is also making the stock price to go up on average.

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    Comment #26783244

    Cash is perfect for small criminals. Practically useless for bigger criminals.

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    Comment #26783229

    Central bankers are often pro-cash but anti-bitcoin. They dont want competition.

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    Comment #26713359

    Trust issues. While 80% of employees could be more productive remote, 18% could have serious issues with productivity and 2% might actually turn nefarious while remote (steal compa…

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    Comment #26678452

    NFTs are pretty useful for money laundering.

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    Comment #26678442

    Its not really that hard. Just mix the coins somehow after purchase.

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    Comment #26635228

    The source-of-funds problem is solvable, otherwise companies like coinbase wouldnt be allowed to exist. Paypal just needs to buy some chain analysis service, and implement SARs and…