Comment by pydry Comment by pydry 15 hours ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News That's sort of the point, I think. It's like buying an index tracker in the underground economy.
Copy Link qqqult 15 hours ago Collapse Comment - eh, it was fair to say that 8 years ago...now it's way easier to track public blockchain transaction chains on Bitcoin, Ethereum and the like than it is to track bank transfers across countries Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link pydry 14 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Yet once you strip out speculation the underground economy is still by far the predominant user of blockchain transactions.Bank transfers are A) linked to a passport and B) can be blocked. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link pydry 14 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Yet once you strip out speculation the underground economy is still by far the predominant user of blockchain transactions.Bank transfers are A) linked to a passport and B) can be blocked. Reply View | 0 replies
eh, it was fair to say that 8 years ago...
now it's way easier to track public blockchain transaction chains on Bitcoin, Ethereum and the like than it is to track bank transfers across countries