Subj : Re: Bitcoin's Blockchain : Zero Privacy
To   : warmfuzzy
From : The Godfather
Date : Sat Apr 15 2023 21:09:34

 wa> underlying technology.  If I were to buy some illegal material from one
 wa> of the Darknet's illegal marketplaces, I may think that Bitcoin is
 wa> secure as its called a "crypto-currency."  However, nothing could be
 wa> further from the truth, at least for the most part.  Every transaction
 wa> of Bitcoin is put on a ledger, called the Blockchain.  For *every*
 wa> single transaction using Bitcoin the record of the trade is written in
 wa> the Blockchain, and that chain has no end.  Transactions will forever be
 wa> written in stone as it were.  So buying from an illegal marketplace
 wa> using Bitcoin will work in getting you your drugs right away, however
 wa> someone with enough research can find out who you are.

I don't see how any crypto would ever be truly anonymous as long as on and off ramps and traceable devices exist.  Good thing I'm not into " hiring hitmen" outside of BBS OLG's ;)

For me, the introduction of a CBDC into the global, or even national "FedNow!" instant payments, conversation turned me off to all Crypto for  ^^. 

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