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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by drdaeman on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:57PM (#24033466)
Not kind of a context I'd like to be associated with a cryptocurrency, though. Privacy is great, but I'd rather prefer people of thinking of that property associated with buying online porn (or whatever legal) than paying online ransoms.
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by wayoutthere on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:00PM (#24033476)
For better or worse, you can look at the current price of Bitcoin as an options contract on future criminal activity.
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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by seebetter on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:13PM (#24033553)
That's analogous to saying, "For better or worse, you can look at Robinhood's stock price as an options contract on future insider trading." It's meaningless unless you consider wild west financial speculation and traders as criminal activity.
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