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>As far as I can tell, the only cryptocurrency that actually delivers on its name (i.e. being used as a currency) is Monero. Sure, it's all drugs and stolen credit cards, but it does undeniably solve a real world problem for its users instead of just being used as a vehicle for speculative investment.

This is exactly my use case (the former not later) with Monero and it's been amazing. Only marginally more difficult than to shop on amazon and feels a million times less sketchy than trying to find something locally. The speculative nature of crypto is therefore more of an annoyance as it causes the price to fluctuate too much between paying, shipping, and fund-release.

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So you pay with monero but you still need to give them an address to ship to which some probably store somewhere where the police might eventually find it ? I guess depending on the local police the chances of that leading to any trouble are lower than getting stabbed by a tweaker when you go out into the community to purchase your stuff

Would probably be a lot harder for police to do anything since you could argue someone else did it in an attempt to get you in trouble or whatever.

Yes you can argue like this and I thought about it when I got a letter.

The issue is that if it's too much they will still raid your place even if the evidence might not be that clear and they might ignore politicians.

Good luck defending this, it will still be annoying as fuck If your PC is gone for month

You got a letter warning you?

If they had proof you paid you would probably be in jail.

Can still be painful, but way better than if they had proof you bought it.

(Also, if any of your drugs dont arrive or were opened, never order any more)

It was for 5g and I have no record.

It was from the state and it was dropped.

It was dropped because they would have no luck proving anything. But if they had your credit card making the purchase, things would have turned out differently.

I've heard that drug abusers exploit legally protected status of snail mail to avoid search, and have substances sent to an innocent third party as a dead drop or a dummy address to be intercepted. I'd assume authorities will get to you anyway, though.

> abusers

Excuse me.

The risk is not just 'stabbed by a tweaker' but 'surprise fentanyl'. And police are very unlikely to come after some random online buyer who is not distributing/reselling.

https://energycontrol-international.org/drug-testing-service...

You can get quantitative GC/MS tests in addition to fentanyl / nitazene test strips.

If your sample is cross contaminated with fentanyl e.g. from a scale there is a chance the portion of the sample you sent for testing doesn’t have any fentanyl. These aren’t homogeneously mixed substances its someone loading a dime bag in a bedroom.

If someone sends any comm without PGP or I heard a vendor they are not using it witb someone else and I'm never interacting again. It really is that simple!

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