How do I acquire Monero without having to show my id ?

  • TwilightKiddy@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    What’s the point? Most of it probably switches over 10 hands through all the cash registers in shops or exchanges between people directly before it ends up in the ATM again.

    Are there any cases of it being somehow useful?

    • greawogh@midwest.social
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      2 days ago

      It’s commonly used in drug cases. But any benefit is dwarfed by the cost of maintaining all the required infrastructure. And, yes, the system is extremely vulnerable to data poisoning