I think this is certainly true for mainchain but I wonder to what extent LN makes all transactions more like cash (but I know enough to know this by no means fully the case and LN surveillance is real as well). Perhaps gold re-emerges as the currency of illicit activity in the future on some techno-primitivist John Wick underworld shit lol šŸ˜‚

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I think there will always be options for anonymous bitcoin transactions of you know how to do it. But like all commerce, the majority of transactions will be perfectly legal. The public ledger is a deterrent for bad actors, be it common criminals or, more importantly, state sponsored/white collar crime.