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Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure (www.dlnews.com)
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[–] MummifiedClient5000 127 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do the shareholders not realize how much easier it is to bribe the president with crypto?

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't think people who give or take bribes usually like having a permanent history of the transaction.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 weeks ago

Which is why they take the bribe in monero

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Big incentive to keep trump in power if your bribery of him is public record. Someone else might do something about it

[–] tfm@europe.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Workarounds for the shortcomings certainly make bribes possible with crypto but not exactly easier than with traditional currencies.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Why would they care? Perfectly legal in the US. And consumers/citizens obviously don't care either.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bribery isn’t illegal, theres no need to be coy and secretive about it.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That entirely depends on context. Bribing a cop is illegal. Bribing a politician doesn't appear to be illegal anymore (USA)