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We live in the future! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

For laypersons: they put all the coins in a box and shake the box.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago

For your lay: the government puts a significant fraction of the coins into these boxes and can use the statistical information gained from this to deobfuscate transactions. If you put enough money in, either at once or slowly over time, they can figure out who you are.