So no real-world application that's anywhere near the size of the criminal use.
I see:
- drug payments
- ransom
- money laundering
What are the legit real-world uses that are as big as those?
Since the only real uses are crime, and bitcoin is a huge energy user, any regulation which addresses either of those means a drop in value. And if you don't address those, what's the point?
Probably none. There a lot of less-smelly places on the Italian coast.
That's nice to say from the comfort of your own chair, when you're not the one taking the risk.
It's illegal for Democrats.
If a victim says "don't do anything, I won't cooperate with criminal prosecution" then the DA often chooses not to proceed.
You're not the one facing the possibility that somebody will kidnap and torture and murder you, your kids, your spouse, etc. right now, with serious doubt as to whether law enforcement, neighbors, judges, and others will help them or take the side of the absuser.
It's on the cemetery worker to make that call for themselves, and I don't blame people who choose to run or hide instead of fight.
For sure. But as an individual, it makes a lot of sense to hide instead of fight.
The problem is that as a random cemetery worker who can't afford bodyguards 24/7, pressing charges stands a significant chance of getting you killed.
The anti-gerrymandering laws in Democratic-leaning states largely passed before the 2010 redistricting when Republicans swung the gerrymander heavily in their favor.
There is a history of blockchain money laundering services which work by comingling funds and moving them all over the place to make them effectively untraceable, as well as cryptocurrencies like Monero designed to make tracing difficult.