I mean of course most of the pro-cryptocurrencies chuds are ancaps or affiliated, but isn't a private cryptocurrency like monero for example useful to evade the surveillance state ?

  • kota [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I guess its a neat idea, but in practice most of them are ponzi schemes. I would definitely encourage people to migrate towards mutual aid and gift economy models rather than just doing capitalism but making the currency harder to track. In my opinion a better use of our time to fight the surveillance state is smashing security cameras, spreading awareness and propaganda, and protesting for the right to privacy. Wasting time inventing clever technical tricks that 95% of people cant use feels like a posh hobby not a real fight against the surveillance state. I haven't looked into monero in a long time, but didnt the feds figure out some way to track people with it anyway? I mean if it works well and can be used for organizing then by all means use it for that.

    • marsxyz [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      100% agree, organization is way more important. Idk about the feds, I don't think so ? Maybe I'm wrong tho