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I've been told I can use USD to buy drugs too. In fact, USD is the number one currency on the planet for nefarious purposes, by an absurd amount.

Monero has a 24h buy/sell volume of only $110m. What do you think the global volume is for drug/nefarious trade?

Using crypto for "bad things" is a rounding error in the grand scheme of things.

Given that Mastercard just stopped allowing debit card usage at Cannabis stores (which makes sense, it is a source of fraud with cashbacks), it seems like there should be a way that people can buy things without having to take on risk by carrying cash into a store.



> Using crypto for "bad things" is a rounding error in the grand scheme of things.

I never said drugs were "bad things". Some of them are, but some of them aren't. I was genuinely pointing out that getting access to certain unfairly prohibited drugs was a positive benefit that some people get from cryptocurrency.

> Given that Mastercard just stopped allowing debit card usage at Cannabis stores (which makes sense, it is a source of fraud with cashbacks), it seems like there should be a way that people can buy things without having to take on risk by carrying cash into a store.

See, there's another illegal drug you might be able to buy with cryptocurrency! My point exactly.


illegal?


Cannabis is illegal under US federal law.


Yes, don't take it into the white house.


Buying or selling cannabis anywhere in the United States is a federal crime. I’m not sure what the White House has to do with this, unless you’re making a topical joke but that was cocaine.


Yea, it was a double ended joke. Mostly about the fact that it is a federal building, hence not legal, and partly about cokegate.


Gotcha :)




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