[malthaus]

and in what fantasy world would a system primarily used by questionable countries/organisations/individuals ever become a global standard?

[dmantis]

First of all, who says that it has to be a global standard?

It's not an 'all-or-nothing' thing.

Those are instruments which already help many people (those you define as questionable for some reason). I'm actually pretty happy to see that the world has a tool to help millions of people with "questionable" religious, cultural, political, ideological views or sexual orientations. That reduces the pressure and advantage of people who want to make their lives harder.

If you don't need it, don't use it. That's totally cool. It doesn't have to be global. To be honest, I don't think anything needs to be global. That gives too much leverage to a single group at the expense of everyone else. The world is better off having many options for everyone.

[atemerev]

Questionable individual here. My bank accounts are all blocked now just for the reason of my nationality, nothing else. Crypto is currently my lifeline.

[southernplaces7]

How do you find work, or business perhaps, that pays you in crypto to begin with? I've been paid in crypto on multiple occasions but it can be tricky to find a party that's willing, so I'm curious.

[Kinrany]

In any world where the standard is convergent, not explicitly agreed upon, and there's no natural boundary between shady users and non-shady users. An x% shadiness user joining the network grants justification to the next x-0.001% shadiness user.

[splix]

In the world where the non-questionable financial organizations decide who can access them or not, based on the place they were born at. I.e., the current world.

[sjducb]

Gold became a global standard.