Plus they say that Iran uses the Bitcoin they mine for "imports and exports"? Imports and exports of what, and who are their trading partners? Russia?
Yes, Russia is a major trading partner with Iran, along with a bunch of other countries who stand along side them in wanting to eliminate the United States.
Remember these economic sanctions are something we do in lieu of physical war. If we didn't have this tool, a lot more people would die.
What use would decentralization have if it's not for censorship-resistance? What is Bitcoin's value proposition if it's not also censorship-resistance?
I've been asking this question here for several months now, and it's a very important topic.
The fact is that Bitcoin has
failed at censorship resistance, and things like chain analysis and plain old financial regulations easily kill that.
The only reason Bitcoin is still around is because only about 1% of Bitcoin's users care about "censorship resistance" and the rest care about their investment increasing in value and nothing else.
Bitcoin works just fine as a meme investment, and that, defacto, is all it is anymore.
And this is true for all blockchain-based currencies and NFTs. Blockchain is a waste of time and resources, since you can accomplish this goal with a centralized architecture far better.