ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFailed ransom plots in the past might've succeeded if Cryptocurrencies existed.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down13
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareFailed ransom plots in the past might've succeeded if Cryptocurrencies existed.ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoAnd that sums up why so many shady characters are pro crypto. They want the government out of the way so you know, they can do crime or almost crime easily.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoTo be fair, journalists, political activists, or people facing persecution, would also benefit from crypto. Its like privacy, its a double-edge sword. If the ordinary person can use it for good purposes, bad people can also use it for evil.
And that sums up why so many shady characters are pro crypto.
They want the government out of the way so you know, they can do crime or almost crime easily.
To be fair, journalists, political activists, or people facing persecution, would also benefit from crypto.
Its like privacy, its a double-edge sword. If the ordinary person can use it for good purposes, bad people can also use it for evil.