Comment on We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
this reminds me of the advice for people who win the lottery
make an anonymous LLC company to accept your win, so you can stay incognito
pay a lawyer and an accountant so you can continue to stay incognito and only tell your trusted friends and family about your good fortune
so crazy assholes don’t come for you or them
I guess this now applies to making it big in crypto money
That some messed up US thing i never understood. Here in germany you are anonymous by default when you win. at most it is published from what state the winner was.
That someone’s name and even address is published is so completely unimaginably absurd to me. makes no sense whatsoever.
There’s actually extremely strong logic behind publishing the winner. It’s a whole hell of a lot harder to rig when your name is everywhere when you win.
It’s a whole hell of a lot harder to rig when your name is everywhere when you win.
This also sounds like a uniquely US problem. Not that there aren’t scammers everywhere, but it feels like it would be more prevalent in the US.
… That’s an absolute wild and hella nationalistic take. There’s nothing even slightly uniquely Americans about embezzlement and theft-- Europe has been doing that for thousands of years before America even existed
Fiduciary and accountant. Though the accountant may be redundant there. Fiduciaries are a specific type of lawyer/ financial advisor that is required to look out for your best interests, not theirs.
shalafi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NOPE. Do not tell your family and friends. Everyone should read this, just in case. Besides, it’s fascinating.
www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/…/chb38xf/
stoly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah that’s probably the single most useful comment in reddit history
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Isn’t it only useful to a handful of people?
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s one of those things you save just in case. Like a first aid kit or a self defence weapon.
nodiratime@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maybe, but don’t overestimate how useful in general is.