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minus-squareMummifiedClient5000@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up129arrow-down6·2 months agoDo the shareholders not realize how much easier it is to bribe the president with crypto?
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoI don’t think people who give or take bribes usually like having a permanent history of the transaction.
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoWhich is why they take the bribe in monero
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoBig incentive to keep trump in power if your bribery of him is public record. Someone else might do something about it
minus-squaretfm@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agohttps://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-mixer-and-how-does-it-work
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWorkarounds for the shortcomings certainly make bribes possible with crypto but not exactly easier than with traditional currencies.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoBribery isn’t illegal, theres no need to be coy and secretive about it.
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Do the shareholders not realize how much easier it is to bribe the president with crypto?
I don’t think people who give or take bribes usually like having a permanent history of the transaction.
Which is why they take the bribe in monero
Big incentive to keep trump in power if your bribery of him is public record. Someone else might do something about it
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https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-mixer-and-how-does-it-work
Workarounds for the shortcomings certainly make bribes possible with crypto but not exactly easier than with traditional currencies.
Bribery isn’t illegal, theres no need to be coy and secretive about it.
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