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> cryptocurrency

A technological solution to a political problem. Visa/mastercard/banks will just censor the off ramps next.

> wallet based system

What does this accomplish? The same institutions will request proof that all transactions are compliant, which will most easily handled by simply banning the content.



Whose off ramps? Steam doesn’t need CCs for that. The more likely situation is them preventing payments through their system for Steam and Steam having to pick.


We were talking about steam transacting in crypto to avoid the censorship.

The people pressuring visa and Mastercard to drop porn/sex related services are not going to suddenly roll over when those services switch to crypto. They’ll simply go for the crypto off-ramps.




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