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Some illegal activity is commonly considered a moral good.

Some illegal activity is considered a moral good.

Cryptocurrency is used for illegal activity.

Therefore, cryptocurrency is a moral good.

^ This is a classic logical fallacy called a false syllogism. The archetypal example is "All men are mortal. Socrates is mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates."

I assure you that all cryptocurrency is neither a moral good, nor is it Socrates.

You keep strawmaning. Let me fix this for you:

Therefore, cryptocurrency can sometimes be used for moral good.

For example, anonymously supporting opposition in dictatorship regimes. Can you offer a better alternative than crypto?

I did not make that claim. I would not make that claim.

In a lot of jurisdictions, theft, extortion, kidnapping, and murder, are considered moral goods, depending on who the perpetrators are.

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