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Re:Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows the Truth: It Is Probably Worth... by Spivak on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:12AM (#15285320)
Because it's a currency that works like cash over the internet with no reversibility, it can be easily laundered via mixers, and has no ties to your real life identity unless you want it to.

It's not perfect but it's by far the best currency for illicit online transactions.

Re:Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows the Truth: It Is Probably Worth... by ldiracdelta on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:40PM (#15286218)
When you use a coin tumbler, the image invoked is that of laundering like clothes tumbling in a washer machine. How can willingly jumping into an optional laundering service not raise a red flag? Is it possible that another cryptocurrency like Monero will have privacy as a default that makes it so you don't look like Al Capone when you [maybe] want to just preserve some privacy?