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[–] rysiek@szmer.info 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, and by the way, for the Suisse Secrets you might want the actual investigation site, linked from the press release you linked to: https://www.occrp.org/en/suisse-secrets/

I used to work for OCCRP, so thanks for bringing back good memories! 😍

You might want to read up on some more of their investigations, this tag is particularly interesting perhaps: https://www.occrp.org/en/component/tags/tag/cryptocurrencies

[–] overflow64@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NATIONAL CURRENCY IS BAD BECAUSE CRIMINALS ARE USING IT

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait I thought you were saying banks are bad because criminals are using them?

Can't have it both ways, my friend. Either misuse of the traditional financial system is a good argument against it (and thus misuse of cryptocurrencies is an argument against them), or not. 🤔

[–] overflow64@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn’t I already tell you that all banks aren’t bad and that it would be stupid of me to smear all of them like that which is why I’m constantly pointing out the stupidity of your logic using silly statements like above, when have I ever said that I have a problem with people choosing to use banks since I believe in individual responsibility and the both of them have disadvantages that are clearly communicated to users and it’s up to you to make the decision

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 3 points 2 years ago

Cool, cool.

But I am merely clearly communicating the disadvantages of cryptocurrencies/NFTs/web3 and other blockchain-based boondoggles. And that seems to frustrate you to a point of calling people names and using all-caps, for some reason. 🤔