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"Dirty bitcoin" is nothing but a human construct that creates problems where there are none; there is no "dirty" or "clean" bitcoin, there's simply bitcoin.
They [the gov] isn't burning or destroying money or other assets they seize, things that could be labeled as "dirty" just as well, no, they use those assets to improve the police, for example, by acquiring more and better police cars, uniforms, guns, training, et cetera---and there's nothing wrong with that.
Why should it be different with bitcoin?
They [the gov] isn't burning any seized ("dirty") bitcoin either, no, they auction it FFS, they profit off of it, FFS.
Hypocrisy is running wild on the upper levels.
I get all that. My concern is essentially that they can create a barrier to adoption by incentivizing merchants to only accept "clean" bitcoin. If adoption develops along those lines, it'll be a huge setback for "freedom money".
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People need to start being rational and think for themselves, not simply do as told by big daddy gov.
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Sure, but they're not going to.
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One of the reasons why I'm an outspoken misanthrope.
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What outcome are you hoping for out of your misanthropy? Serious question. It's not clear to me what perpetual scolding is good for. Maybe it's fun? Hopefully that's enough for you, because that's all I think you (or anyone) are achieving with that strategy.
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I'm simply not a fan of the average human being, which has nothing to do with Bitcoin.
In regards to Bitcoin, I'm convinced of it on a personal level, and want to escape the coming financial shit show produced by the powers that be.
Maybe it'll be adopted en masse once the banks of the average Joe also hold bitcoin, or maybe it'll be a fringe-currency / escape hatch forever, who knows.
We're fifteen years in and the overwhelming majority still thinks it's a scam, if that ain't telling you something about the average Joe, then what?