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		halfcat on May 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The push to ban ransom payments is gaining momentu... How do they seize it? Say I’ve got a 256-bit number memorized and I live on a farm in El Salvador. Is the US sending seal team 6 to interrogate every person trading bitcoin on earth? Or, is that maybe a bit unrealistic?

Gibbon1 on May 23, 2024 [–]

If you're a foreigner you're not violating US laws by selling your fraudulent securities. If you sell to a US citizen you aught to stay away from places with extradition treaties.

None of this is new or invalidated by magic coins in my computer.

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