Even if article appears neutral, just reading the list of the rules shows the political views of the author.
"I pay a known enemy of state to fund a terrorist attack on citizens of your country." seems a bit extreme and movie-plot-y. How about something closer to home?
- "File-encryption malware receives untraceable payments from the victims"
- "Naive investors lose their life savings to scam. There is no way to recover funds"
- "An organization gets hacked, all of their money disappear"
Another thing is it's not all about "I", there is also second-order effect. For example, the malware attacks are on the rise precisely _because_ there is an untraceable payment method. So the first-order effect of theoretical crypto ban would be that victims cannot pay and recover their data (bad). But the second-order effect would be that there are much fewer malware attacks (good).
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- "File-encryption malware receives untraceable payments from the victims"
- "Naive investors lose their life savings to scam. There is no way to recover funds"
- "An organization gets hacked, all of their money disappear"
Another thing is it's not all about "I", there is also second-order effect. For example, the malware attacks are on the rise precisely _because_ there is an untraceable payment method. So the first-order effect of theoretical crypto ban would be that victims cannot pay and recover their data (bad). But the second-order effect would be that there are much fewer malware attacks (good).