Edward Snowden shocked the world in 2013 when he revealed that conspiracy theorists were right about the U.S. government’s indiscriminate mass surveillance. Though the news came as a surprise to many, perpetual surveillance is common practice in many industries, particularly in the banking and finance sectors. Whether these incursions into the minutiae of our daily lives are justified to keep us safe from militants, drug lords, or tax evaders is a complicated question. We can definitively say, however, that the market for privacy has exploded, and the cryptocurrency market are a natural outlet to fill that demand.

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