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jensensbutton on Nov 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: 10 years of whatever this has been

You've created a straw man. Author said use of bitcoins for "payments" while you've broadened that to all "transactions" on the blockchain. These are not the same thing.

errantmind on Nov 18, 2021 [–]

It isn't entirely a straw man as the argument applies equally well for all transactions and payments alone.

Where is the evidence that BTC payments are mostly scams or otherwise illegal?

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