The use of decentralized systems, being financial or other kind is gaining popularity in the face of abuses from central systems.
The prominent darknet marketplace, White House Market, has dropped bitcoin payments and now accepts monero only. The darknet marketplace administrators detailed that there was an issue with a payment processor blocking Tor exit nodes, but the full transition to monero was always planned.
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