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Money laundering doesn't really solve the problem of being able to buy good digitally without revealing your identity.



All of the things mirmir mentioned are considered money laundering when done with USD, so they either solve that problem for both or for neither. Neither result is an argument in favor of bitcoin, so whether or not they do is immaterial.


Postal delivery of physical goods is problematic, and anonymous payment is pointless. But that's not an issue for software licenses, ebooks, server and VPS rental, VPN subscriptions, consulting services, and so on.




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