I fail to see how a satellite data center would fix this unless the company was entirely off planet
replyHell, the whole company could be located on that satellite if it transacts in crypto-currency.
replyWhere do the people live…
replyThis wouldn't work for companies that require humans for now.
replyDespite the hype, crypto is traceable. It is harder than other currencies and one transaction is probably untraceable. However if you are running a business you are going to get repeated payments from customers and repeatedly pay your employees and suppliers, which in turn creates enough data that they can track you down.
replyMullvad accepts Monero (XMR), the most private and untraceable coin available today. Your point is correct for all others though.
replyMullvad will accept envelopes of cash. They go far and above any other company when it comes to helping their customers maintain anonymity.
replyFully legal for any company to do this btw. They just don't want to. Even in the EU, taking XMR payments is legal, or buying things with XMR, or holding XMR - it's only illegal to list on exchanges.
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replyNot possible. If all jurisdictions relinquish their claim over the satellite then it's open to being shot down.
replyThe proliferation of space access goes both ways. LEO isn't exactly difficult to reach (many college teams can do it). GEO might work but then you need relays and any relay satellite are essentially tacitly complicit.
Satellite (and most aerospace related technologies) are glass cannons. They aren't defensible like a bunker or a tank.
What if you had lots and lots and lots of them? Maybe even enough to cause debris problems if they were attacked. With relays into countries that don't overreach their privacy laws.
replySatellites are very reliant on ground ops. Its much like crypto. You think all your stuff is in space, but the FBI agent has a wrench and will just break your kneecaps until you let him in. But also the FBI agent will pull your operating permit for the country your ground stations are in and take you offline.
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