I’m sort of torn on whether it’s a good thing that this is possible.
Like, I don’t think it’s good for Russia to be able to keep doing what they’re doing, but US sanctions are also often used for evil (IMO) so in those cases the existence of methods to evade them could be good.
It’d be nice if the sanctions were only used in good ways in the first place, but that’s not currently the reality.
US embargo on Cuba is inhumane for anyone needing an example
Yeah. I’m glad there are ways to spend money that are untrackable. I’m not glad Russia has access to them.
BTC is very trackable, ZCash and Monero are coins that strive for privacy. Watch ZCash spike as BTC gets cashed out just before BTC retraces down 40%. Has happened for the last 2 or 3 all time highs. That’s how they will mix their Ill gotten gains.
The greatest demand for anything truly private/secure is from nefarious actors. That’s just the way it is. There are legitimate uses, including for private individuals who like the feeling of protecting their digital nuts. But we have to remember that there are enormous shadow empires with very deep pockets constantly thirsting for these technologies and prepared to use them at scale.
The situation becomes more complex when you admit those controlling the “official ways” are evil too.
True. There is something to that phrase about “the devil you know,” though.
simping for the russian invasion huh. Good luck with that.
I said “I don’t think it’s good for Russia to be able to keep doing what they’re doing”
I don’t know how you could interpret that as simping for the Russian invasion.
I’m just not going along with the “This helps Russia therefore it is totally bad” knee-jerk. A tool that helps bad people could also help good people. And it probably does, because US sanctions are definitely on the wrong side a lot of the time (although I think they are on the right side regarding Russia’s invasion).