Same here. Though I would imagine the real people benefiting would be people holding Bitcoin. Especially if true, since shit would jump the price massively while in effect.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not really, 2M$ per ship isn't much compared with the size of Bitcoin which 1410000M$

[–] racoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So all the countries should use BTC instead of USD, then

[–] idriss@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

and while we are at it let's use something more modern & scalable like Kaspa (or whatever other cooler thing)

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 points 2 days ago

Bitcoin Bros .. yeah, can't say I considered those but I'd suspect that's indeed a high probability.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

[–] seedd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Should have gone with XMR imo. Bitcoin is not sustainable.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

XMR would have been better for them, but it's going to be fun being able to see all the transactions to the wallet.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sigh, still on the Julian Assange-level shit. Someone tell them about the Silk Road? Whatever, if payment somehow doesn't go through, they have the guns.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

what does the silk road have to do with anything.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I'm so happy you asked, @\phantom_computers, you see, many who participated in the online drug market Silk Road & its reiterations have made the same assumptions about crypto. However, they lacked the leverage of a missile campaign, so the US feds clawed back much of the straggler coins over the years. Not anonymous etc at all

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Then they are IDIOTS at understanding crypto.

Bitcoin is the ecologically-costliest/electricity-costliest/machine-costliest cryptocoin to standardize on: it's nearly used-up.

They'd have been much saner to have standardized on some other crypto.

I'd prefer that Algorand-type ones were standard, but they can be attacked by country-level attackers.

For anybody who wants outside-the-hype-bubble view of what crypto is, & how its ecology works, PLEASE read https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain-bitcoin-blockchain-ethereum-smart-contracts

The reason that Steampowered stopped taking crypto, is plain, in that book.

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( PS: I'd enforce that there be an Algorand-type crypto for recording accounting-records with, country-wide, so that books couldn't be "cooked" between closout-of-the-books & reporting. & I'd want to make daily closeout normal, if possible. Cisco did that, years ago, so it is possible, but some will scream against such economic-integrity measures, of course.. )