Everything that can be used is used for criminal activities. Bitcoin is not the first or the last.

I think we can use mixer to trick people. and if you've never posted your address with the original identity in the public sphere. you would not be known by anyone. bitcoin address and your identity remains anonymous.

Because somehow US dollar is quiet can considered a Universal Currency in terms of fiat.

US dollar value are high in some countries so why the criminals will stick to that country's currency if they can accumulate more with the use of USD.

in the beginning of rise of bitcoin.
its being used.

the scammer for example is using bitcoins for illegal

Bitcoin is completely transperent when compare to other transaction method, If anyone the bitcoin address we can its all history dude. by that we can find the IP address as well. Then how Illegal people will use bitcoin. Its a kind of funny thing which you guys are revealing here.

You have totally lost me here? Yes all transactions are recorded for all to see and stays for future reference. So if I give you my address or I send you some Bitcoin you could then find my IP?   Fancy a challenge/bet?

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Every currency and thing of value since the dawn of time has been used for illegal activities and will continue to be in future. I thought that would be obvious. Bitcoin just happens to be the best at it so far, apart from people being able to find my IP through a transaction of course  

I think many bad people or criminals use fiat and the other currencies often to make the illegal activities before the Bitcoin's create. So we can't accuse the bitcoin's currency to being used by some people for this illegal purposes

Bitcoin however makes it much safer for them to get caught and i mean if there is no fiat money involved in the crime there won't be any evidence of an exchange. i could be wrong about the law in US but yeah bitcoin increases the ways of how to make their transactions easy. Online criminals like scamming and extorting are common due to bitcoin.

I think almost all currencies have mafia or criminals. they use a variety of currencies to commit a crime. not only bitcoin. even i think dollars. has more illegal activity than bitcoin