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The only thing stunning about this, is how anyone ever could've believed that cryptocurrencies would not end in the dystopian future of a government knowing every single transaction of yours plus being able to confiscate every single e-penny at will.

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Optimism and naivety on my part. When I bought a few (legal) things with bitcoin I have acquired from my friend around 2014 I really thought I was living in a better, more free future. Reality only started to dissapoint me more and more from there.

>government knowing every single transaction of yours plus being able to confiscate every single e-penny at will.

That can already happen with or without crypto.

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