The Bitcoin Blockchain itself is no way to remain anonymous, that's for sure. For something like funding the Ukrainian army, it is fine because about the only thing one might worry about is a SVR hitman coming to get you, not being on a FBI list. Those poor SVR guys are busy with a couple billion other people.
I have purchased airline tickets with Bitcoin before, and it was mined bitcoin as you say. The security implications of that are kind of interesting. -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ? glen Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:10 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] rhizo narratology Right. I suppose if you mine your stuff on your own, it can remain anonymous. But the very nature of ownership (and the ledger) press against anonymity. On March 24, 2022 2:58:06 PM PDT, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: >e.g. one invests via Coinbase and gives them a picture of a passport, in order >to register a bank -- a source for USD exchange -- then the high order rules >related to detection of money laundering impinge on that investment. I'm so >crippled by particulars. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ? glen >Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:53 PM >To: FriAM <[email protected]> >Subject: [FRIAM] rhizo narratology > >I am whipped into a state of enthusiasm by that phrase! 8^) > >https://blog.keithwhamon.net/2022/03/rhizo-narratology-decentralized.html?m=1 > >But it raises an issue I've had with distributed ledgers (ala >cryptocurrencies) for awhile. When fanbois use the word "decentralized", it >smacks of (technical) bullshit. Sure, the ledger may be decentralized. But the >only thing that makes the token decentralized is the market wherein I can >exchange one token for another. That raises (yes I know I'm a broken record) >the idea that higher order objects impinge, top-down, on their lower order >constituents. > -- glen ⛧ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
