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He said that the tariff is $1 per barrel of oil, adding that empty tankers can pass freely. "Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in Bitcoin, ensuring they can't be traced or confiscated due to sanctions," Hosseini added.

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[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Bitcoin finely found a use case that's not crime. Take that crypto haters.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Purchasing drugs for yourself shouldn't be a crime, so it's awesome that cryptocurrencies exist for this purpose.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Technically it still is a crime since charging money for access to navigable waters is a violation of international law.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's not like international law protected them in the first place.

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