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		meowkit on Feb 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index Paging argument from 2010... You would use Monero or physical cash for those activities. Bitcoin is much easier to trace once you have a lead.

toyg on Feb 10, 2021 [–]

It's just a tradeoff between opsec and ease of use. Monero is harder to turn back into cash, precisely because it carries a worse reputation.

Note that my argument was pro btc - I can see underground demand sustaining its price in the long run.

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