The product was sold as the alternative. Permissionless, censorship-resistant, beyond the reach of any single government. The whole pitch of crypto, repeated in white papers and conference keynotes for fifteen years, was that this was the exit. The dollar system had become weaponised, the rails could be cut at will, but the chain - the chain was sovereign. Iran took it as advertised. After getting kicked off SWIFT in 2012 and again in 2018, Tehr…
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