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If only there was a fully public system of secure transactional payments where everything was open source and viewable by anyone.

Update: classic HN to downvote something like this


Because it’s impossible to tell if it’s in earnest or satire.

If earnest: why anyone would want a public record of everyone’s transactions is beyond me. The opposite of privacy

If in satire: people really do post comments like yours in earnest!


Why anyone would want a public record? I think you mean why would anyone want to share their purchase history?

If the record existed it would obviously be a gold mine, many people, [foreign] governments and faceless corporations would be all over it, they would be uncovering all kinds of things we couldn't have imagined and most likely didn't want to share and/or have terrible implications.


How does that address the issue in the article?


Parking in San Francisco just got a lot safer.


Or we could start to prioritize funding education over the military.


Bitcoin never had a marketing department.


The conspiracy theorist in me would think that this effectively non-news is being planted / spread simply to piss Putin off and see how he reacts to it.

If anything 'weird' happens to these astronauts after this mission, that's his reaction.


I'd agree


> Eh, punishing individuals like this seems pointless

I feel the same way about Ukranian citizens who are being forced to flee their homes.


Fyi - You are not countering OP, you are supporting his point.


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