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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Anybody who claims crypto is useful for buying drugs is a fed. The blockchain contains the transaction history, you can trace a coin back to every wallet it's ever been in. Buy your drugs with cash, but make sure the cash has been places: cash from an ATM might have no history aside from you withdrawing it.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago

I'm unsure about the drug trade, but isn't Monero preferred for ransomware because it's harder to track than Bitcoin and other crypto? I would assume if it's good enough for ransomware hostage, it'd be sufficient for illicit purchases.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Harder to track" is still easier to track than wiring funds overseas to an account made with a stolen identity.

A lot of countries straight up do not respect the FBI and US Government, or have privacy laws preventing cooperation. A popular route would be Switzerland > Trinidad > Russia (but not right now because the Russian monetary system is fucked), it will take forever for law enforcement to get cooperation and then at the end of the line Russia tells them to fuck off.

When Crypto scammers steal from people, they don't steal Crypto. They have you wire money overseas.

[-] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

When Crypto scammers steal from people, they don't steal Crypto. They have you wire money overseas.

That right there tells you everything you need to know about how useful crypto is as a currency

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It tells you how useful it is for covert transfers and discretion.

As I have laid out to multiple people: those have never been what it was for and by design never will be. It is a digital multiple ledger system which replaces the need for a bank.

EDIT: and to be clear theres nothing wrong with banks, but they're inefficient for a lot of things like payment gateways and can be unreliable.

[-] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, by all means, just add wire fraud and identity theft to your portfolio when buying some weed

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The user above me said kidnapping. Also it might sound complicated but you could probably set it up in an afternoon.

[-] Rooty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Did you have to put a coin in your computer to write this comment?

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