tinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down19cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareZenith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 天前Those people don’t want crypto or they would do just that
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 天前Kidnappers don’t want crypto? I thought the hard part about kidnapping was getting the money without getting caught.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 天前Yeah, crypto is the farthest thing from a solution to that problem.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 天前It’s extremely traceable. There is a literal public ledger if every single transaction.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 天前What about mixers, onion routed payments, Monero, etc where that isn’t the case?
Those people don’t want crypto or they would do just that
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?