Then the next. Tbh its an open market. New ones pop up all the time.

This will hurt patreon (and paypal moreso)

More than those banned

im surprised there hasn't been talk of banning 'unapproved' gateways

Because that wouldnt be legal. They cant ban startups that follow financial laws

but they can ban crypto

not saying you're wrong, just saying communists don't like being told "no"

Crypto is a currency

@Goblin_Slayer_Floki a state can regulate what currencies are allowed to be used within.

Bleh phone

A payment gateway/bank system is a little different

right

Tbh the evasion capabilities, plus the first real uses of bitcoin soured a lot of prospects in the eyes of most states

I think that was the original idea behind crypto - to evade the state

so I can certainly understand the whole idea behind banning it

There were many reasons tbh. More had to do with banking systems. But the illigal activities and taxation evasion soured it. Otherwise i wouldnt doubt if the state attempted to fold it into the currency portfolio of the nation

Especially with the boom

It would have inflated the value of their own currencies

It would be like an additional gold standard

BTC is in its infancy - microscopic market compared to what its competing against

Yea though state backing would grow it quicker than state agression

Irony with the scotland health thing.

Crypto trading is addictive. But stock market isnt

yeah I don't really buy that I don't think..............

I think crypto could be a government napster

not now but eventually

And look at what happened to napster lol

Are we overthrowing the state?

Where do I start?

https://i.redd.it/yx9aan1c3a321.png

https://i.imgur.com/WgK1N6B.jpg

OOOOOOOFF

likening the population of France to dogs

To be honest, calling the French dogs is an insult to dogs

@Goblin_Slayer_Floki 100% agree, Napster died but not before a massive wave of music sharing services came about that cratered the hideously bloated cost of music entertainment for the masses and forced the recording industry (music cartel) to really rethink and reconcile what music should actually cost the consumer. Neither government nor private industry was ever going to do that. A similar thing happened for movies.

https://i.redd.it/lrfbfhqnz7321.png

wheres the news reports on the middle aged men who have never had a relationship who are killing themselves?

That's too much of a common thing, therefore it isn't news

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woah what the hell, what's up with these grim headlines?!

Reality sinking in. Reality is grim.

Just in case anybody was in any doubt about compatibility with Western Civilisation (I don't actually believe Catholic doctrine myself, but it's also not an issue for me to live next to people who do)...
https://twitter.com/RealBasedMAGA/status/1071786322514329601