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antaviana04/13/20262 repliesview on HN

Crypto has single handedly created a very large malware industry and has also made information security a massive industry.

Ban crypto and both industries will become way, way smaller.


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DJBunnies04/14/2026

Might as well eliminate the attack surface entirely, and ban computing.

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da_chicken04/13/2026

No, data exfiltration is just as lucrative as crypto.

We are unfortunately long past the point where viruses would frequently be merely annoying.

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