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miracle2k
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Telegram quietly snuck its blockchain past regulat...
As someone who's family is affected by the Iran sanctions regime I think that Bitcoin being useful to circumvent it is a rather wonderful thing.
criley2
on Sept 27, 2019
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As someone who doesn't like it when Iran threatens to murder me and my people, I don't like that they hire terrorists to attack the world oil system while chanting death to me.
Crazy, I know.
miracle2k
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So the benefit of controllable finance systems is not that they eliminate violence and suffering, only that the powerful can decide who is to bear it.
hef19898
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Government =/= people affected by sanctions.
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