[Cryptography] My Identity definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto

[John Levine]

It appears that efc--- via cryptography <efc at disroot.org> said:
>1. Tax evasion, assuming you earn your money in bitcoin.
>2. International currency transfer.
>3. Extortion/blackmail/scams.

It's not really useful for #2. Unless you want the handful of mostly illegal
things you can buy with cryptocurrency, you need to cash it out. Probably that
uses a stablecoin which means you depend on the stablecoin actually having the
assets it claims it does, and being willing to transfer them to a real bank
account you control.

But more to the point, #2 is actually banking without KYC or AML. I have some
sympathy for claims that cryptocurrency makes it possible for a farmer in
Afghanistan to sell her crop to international buyers, but considerably less
sympathy since the crop is heroin.

R's,
John