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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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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bitcoin is for dodging sanctions and the influence America has over the international banking and payment systems. It's also may shield third parties from sanctions the US may impose on those who transact with Iran.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Reminder that bitcoin is not now nor has it ever been anonymous.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't need to be it's just irreversible. That's why north korean randsomeware has worked forever.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It wouldn't have anything to do with tracing transactions to North Korea being pointless and unactionable I'm sure.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 15 points 23 hours ago

Neither is a bank account though either. And one is sanction proof, the other isn't.

[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 17 points 1 day ago

It also means that if there's a secondary deal trump's Bitcoin account get it's cut right after Iran takes theirs