And the problem with that is what? State power and law failed us.
Generally: if you’re trying to fix something, understanding how it works is usually a good start.
Specifically: pompous ignorance leads to gross negligence and criminality so stupidly brazen a B-list editor would send it back for being unbelievable. The sort that is rampant in crypto/web3.
Yes the fix is clear to me. Remove KYC+AML from the banking/monetary system. The expansion of crypto is in part a response to a pompous ignorance of government officials, attempting to impose a search of your papers merely for banking and the government implementing policies so stupid even a B-list editor wouldn't believe it.
The government failed so other actors came in, then everyone made a sad face that when the government failed alternatives were found.
Luna's downfall and Do Kwon's pending red notice have nothing to do with KYC or AML.
I disagree here. The 'killer app' feature of crypto is that it's basically imperfect banking without KYC/AML. Without crypto's popularity it's doubtful Do Kwon and Luna would have gotten such a foothold.
Excellent point.
The legislature ripped quite a bit of privacy and freedom from the banking system post 9/11 on an almost blind rampage, without doing much stopping and asking why things were they were. I admit it was the ultimate Chesterton's fence fail on the government's part and likely a big reason why a new fence seems to have been built with crypto.
Honestly even bitcoin the white paper seems to have had more thought poured into it than the Patriot Act, which kicked off much of the KYC reforms in the US. In reality I think many of the adopters of cryptocurrency realized exactly the dystopia that the banking system was going down and very deliberately tried to take some of the failures of government into account.
"Expect for roads"
"And sewers"
"And protection from invaders"
"And enforced contracts"
And so on...