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rejon | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +5 
 On my morning walk, was thinking about the possibility that Satoshi is just the NSA.

Ignorance is bliss.

Wow, now wouldn't that change your perspective on Bitcoin and Crypto?

Bitcoin brought the era of the most trackable currency on the planet.

Now there are efforts to privatize or hide one's tracks, but how realistic is this?

Just a thought experiment...
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mark tyler | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Realistic and currently available I think. Though for I’d love to read a breakdown how a large actor would proceed with laundering lets say a stack of 50k BTC
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jockytran | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 somebody i know and respect who is almost a billionaire says that Bitcoin was a government made beta experiment to see if digital dollars will catch on. Crazy to think about but either way, the fundamentals are sound. but yes, indeed it is the most traceable money xD
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de279ef2 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't care one bit if they did. What exactly does it change?
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OriginalSize | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If true the dollar played itself
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CappyNate🍁 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Tracking is pointless if they can't freeze and lock-out the citizens. 

It's all about force. And with BTC--like gold--they can't CONTROL it. So they gotta show up to your door to exert that force. Too much work for them. Plus they're bad with maps. 🤣