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Illegal Content and the Blockchain

Schneier on Security

Many who buy cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum don’t bother using the ledger to verify their purchase. Many don’t actually hold the currency outright, and instead trust an exchange to do the transactions and hold the coins. And repeated forking would destroy Bitcoin’s stature as a stable(ish) currency.