> Despite having connection to an intranet, North Korean smartphone users have to download apps at physical store locations where they can get apps approved by the North Korean government.
To use crypto for their personal finances, they wouldn't need general purpose computers and government approved apps could be sufficient. Though it's possible that they would be backdoored preventing the kind of economic freedom the poster was describing.
For the record, I don't think North Koreans are using crypto for their personal finances, I just disagree that they are unable to.
