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Re:Ethereum Plunges 20% by dogma1138 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @07:12PM (#14784590)
Plain old cash, including western union, money gram, gift cards and even PayPal. Bitcoin is used more by "bored" western whales and by the Chinese that need to put their money into something the government can't control than by drug or arms dealers.
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Re:Ethereum Plunges 20% by urspx on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:17AM (#14787779)
What Darkmarkets still use cash, western union, PayPal, etc? My understanding is this all died out once bitcoin became a viable currency.

Then again, I guess I'm mostly just thinking of drug-focused markets, not the other kinds... but still. It'd be bizarre if those kept using the payment methods you mentioned.

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