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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoKidnappers don’t want crypto? I thought the hard part about kidnapping was getting the money without getting caught.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoYeah, crypto is the farthest thing from a solution to that problem.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoWhy do you think that?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoIt’s extremely traceable. There is a literal public ledger if every single transaction.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoWhat about mixers, onion routed payments, Monero, etc where that isn’t the case?
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?