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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by fc373745 on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:30AM (#24034488)
Crypto may not have been founded based on malevolent intent, but the majority of its initial usage was definitely used for so.

In my time exploring Tor pre crypto boom 2017, I noticed markets of CP, Illegal Weapons, and Illegal services such as hitmen all operating under Bitcoin.

And I'm willing to bet that, since its inception till now, the number of transactions that was used for crime is greater than the number of transactions that weren't.

And I'm also willing to bet that the majority of the transactions that was used for crime, was to purchase drugs.

I do think we need to be concerned about Bitcoin and how it is a crime enabler.

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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by malikNF on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:49AM (#24034573)
So how exactly were people doing these crimes before 2009?

>>And I'm willing to bet that, since its inception till now, the number of transactions that was used for crime is greater than the number of transactions that weren't.

Nice bet, but if you are wrong can I send you my bitcoin address?

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