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I don't really think you can claim that the intent of Bitcoins design is to facilitate crime and scams.


POSIWID is a valid perspective from which to analyse systems

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_w...


I don't think it's the intent, but I don't think it's possible to invent a currency that is non-reversible, globally transferable and not linked to a physical identity without also making it perfect for crime (because those are the same characteristics that would be good for that sector).




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