cypherpunk

It would be nuts if this ends up being a battle about VPNs

> Despite this ban, Americans can trade on the platform though virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can be used to circumvent that prohibition. CoinDesk confirmed at least two Americans were able to place trades ahead of the 2024 election from locations in the U.S.

It would be nuts if this ends up being a battle about VPNs

> Despite this ban, Americans can trade on the platform though virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can be used to circumvent that prohibition. CoinDesk confirmed at least two Americans were able to place trades ahead of the 2024 election from locations in the U.S.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/11/13/fbi-reportedly-raids-polymarket-ceos-home/

Coinbase employee (Investigatooor), personal account. Onchain is the future.

You’re right this could backfire 

It’s hard to detect 100% of IPs and is a cat and mouse game by nature. Polymarket was pretty thorough (it does have holes tho)

At this point you're basically begging a judge to declare all geofencing requirements unenforceable. PolyMarket has one of the better geofences I've encountered, crazy they're being targeted for this (with the caveat that we're currently operating with limited info which could change things).

I imagine it all becomes legal post Jan 20 anyways.

“at least two americans”

wtf? this can’t be real