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I agree, but you must admit governments usually succeed in suppressing innovations perceived as threatening. Chokepoint 2.0 can be seen as a temporising strategy destined to weaken a threat up to the point it can be "digested" by the legal system.

This is usually the fate bestowed to radically new ideas and technologies.

Saberhagen The Nameless 5mo ago 💬 1

On the white market, yes. The logical conclusion of a permissionless system like Bitcoin, Monero, etc is black market money. Any transaction taking place on the white market is by definition permissioned by a central authority.

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Ava 5mo ago 💬 1

Not necessarily permissioned, but taxed.

Saberhagen The Nameless 5mo ago

I'm not saying Bitcoin itself is permissioned. I'm saying any transaction that takes place on the white market is. Bitcoin doesn't avoid this. A tax is just another permission "Pay me this much or you can't transact here"

With Bitcoin you can decide not to pay this tax/follow the regulation, but if you break those rules it's now a black market transaction