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Indeed. Blockchains are for breaking the law.

I think it would be wholly better, in democracies, if we changed laws we didn’t like than tried to create technology to evade them.



The law says that banks need to do AML/KYC, a blockchain is not a bank, it's decentralized. Besides, being able to break a law can be good, when such laws have little to do with crime prevention, and more about feeding an industrial complex that earns from those frictions. And buying a car is not illegal as far as I know.

The main proponent that dictates the regulations, the FATF, is a shady, unregulated body that is used for political and economical repression.


> a blockchain is not a bank, it's decentralized

Not all blockchains are decentralized, it depends on the consensus mechanism




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