And they found no workarounds to that whatsoever? (that didn't involve crypto)

Should a govt be able to ban your payments or take your cash if they dont like you?

Yes. How else do you police criminals? It's an absurd question anyway, they can and do, while there are methods people use to try and evade them. There's nothing about Crypto that changes that. It's just another system.

https://xkcd.com/538/

> How else do you police criminals?

Who is talking about criminals? Just because you expose the misdeeds of US govt does not make you a criminal.

> There's nothing about Crypto that changes that. It's just another system.

You can still receive payments in Crypto even though the govt forces the bank and credit card providers to close your account.

Its not just the US govt who wants to control your life, other govts want to do it to.

Payments might be a joke to you but there are many people whose life depends on it.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-are-afghans-using-crypto-...

I’m talking about criminals. I’m raising them as an example of why governments need these powers.

404 BTW

The link opens for me just fine, try using a VPN.

So your argument is that cash is also used by criminals so cash should be banned. Do you realise how ridiculous that sounds now apply the same logic to crypto.