Online payment processors are an oligopoly and can at any moment revoke a businesses ability to receive online payment even if they’re not breaking the law. Thus what business is and is not permissible online is entirely up to the whims of this oligopoly and the law. Crypto provides a way around this.
That is a narrow niche but “I’ll tentatively allow it”. I forgot about this—that in certain sectors, corporations have gained quasi-governmental powers. Social media sites being able to ban entire ideas from being discussed, the entities able to provide DDoS protection (which requires very large scale, creating a natural oligopoly) can choose not to protect sites that are expressing unpopular ideas. I guess it was “first they came for the ..” because I am not completely certain letting outright hate groups and conspiracy theorists coordinate with each other is a net societal good. But yes this is a problem right now, like you said, it’s not illegal under present law for someone to run a porn site that accepts user submissions, even if occasionally this means illegal content will remain on the site until reported. This is also what Stormfront/etc are as well—technically the illegal content gets removed after complaints are raised. (after giving the site viewers plenty of time to read it, of course)
Here’s a legitimate application, buying PornHub Premium. https://news.bitcoin.com/pornhubs-premium-services-crypto-payments-13-digital-assets-supported/.
Online payment processors are an oligopoly and can at any moment revoke a businesses ability to receive online payment even if they’re not breaking the law. Thus what business is and is not permissible online is entirely up to the whims of this oligopoly and the law. Crypto provides a way around this.
That is a narrow niche but “I’ll tentatively allow it”. I forgot about this—that in certain sectors, corporations have gained quasi-governmental powers. Social media sites being able to ban entire ideas from being discussed, the entities able to provide DDoS protection (which requires very large scale, creating a natural oligopoly) can choose not to protect sites that are expressing unpopular ideas.
I guess it was “first they came for the ..” because I am not completely certain letting outright hate groups and conspiracy theorists coordinate with each other is a net societal good. But yes this is a problem right now, like you said, it’s not illegal under present law for someone to run a porn site that accepts user submissions, even if occasionally this means illegal content will remain on the site until reported. This is also what Stormfront/etc are as well—technically the illegal content gets removed after complaints are raised. (after giving the site viewers plenty of time to read it, of course)