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> I disagree with your statement about cryptos biggest use case.

Then look at the numbers, besides speculation, which isn't really a "use case", that vast majority of cryptocurrency transactions are ransomware, coin washing, illegal purchases and currency control evasion.

> If cryptocurrencies can help people who don't have equal rights with more privacy in such situations then I am all for it.

> There is at least one third world country where a woman can't even get an abortion without risking life in prison. If cryptocurrencies can help people who don't have equal rights with more privacy in such situations then I am all for it.

What an extreme red herring? Even the most private cryptocurrencies are less private than the cash that such people use today for such transactions.



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