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Re:Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Pow... by hannob on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:16PM (#27249483)
Ransomware is the other big area where bitcoin is used for payment.
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Re:Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Pow... by verdverm on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:58PM (#27249787)
This I suspect is a large(st) use case, also NK (others?) may be using it to circumvent sanctions.
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