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stale2002 on Oct 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fidelity launches trade execution and custody for ...

Central authorities can engage in censorship.

So if you want to be safe from censorship, a decentralized Leger is better.

If you do not care about censorship resistance, then you should count yourself lucky and very privileged. There are billions of people in the world who are currently living under repressive governments.

village-idiot on Oct 29, 2018 [–]

All of your transactions being public and traceable forever once your wallet is de-anonymized is the least censorship resistant money ever.

If you’re worried about your government, then you can’t beat physical cash.

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