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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:10:59 PM

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Quote from: Zacudis on February 23, 2016, 03:12:28 PM

Quote from: Hellacopter on February 23, 2016, 12:39:16 PM

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

Even now, 6 years after the creation of bitcoin, US dollar is still the favourite of the criminals.

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.

Exactly but what's special about btc used for illegal activities is that I'm more or less sure that it works in both ways. I'm sure price is greatly backed by illegal activities!!!

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:16:04 PM

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I think for some people it is bitcoin used for crime. I do not deny that bitcoin ease in conducting transactions can also be a weakness bitcoin itself.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:20:27 PM

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I don't understand why is this so relevant.

Isn't fiat money also used for illegal activities?

What would people do? Ban fiat money?

Illegal activites are a commonplace. if, today, following the money is a tool to arrest perpetrators, we should find another way to find them instead of stoping a true world revolution because of the fear of bandits.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:38:27 PM

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Quote from: Wobberdk on February 24, 2016, 02:20:27 PM

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Isn't fiat money also used for illegal activities?
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Sure. And fiat money would be banned too, if it wasn't mainly used for non-criminal activities.
Fluffy pillows aren't banned or tightly regulated. Because mainly used for headrests. But yeah, you can use them to smother people to death.
Hand grenades, OTOH, are tightly regulated. Can you figure out why that is?

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:54:29 PM

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Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 12:11:09 PM

I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering

because use bitcoin is anonymous then bitcoin is easy to being used for illegal activities i said that because some time ago there are kidnappers in my country asked bitcoin as a ransom

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 02:57:20 PM

#186

Is cash being used for illegal activities ?? Roll Eyes

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 24, 2016, 08:39:57 PM

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Quote from: Hellacopter on February 23, 2016, 12:39:16 PM

Agreed. If bitcoin is being used for illegal activities, then it is not bitcoin's fault neither bitcon's developers. All currencies being used for illegal activities, but it don't effect currency Image, if bitcoin being used for illegal work, it will not effect bitcoin I think.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 12:23:27 AM

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Quote from: hasiramasenju on February 24, 2016, 02:54:29 PM

Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 12:11:09 PM

because use bitcoin is anonymous then bitcoin is easy to being used for illegal activities i said that because some time ago there are kidnappers in my country asked bitcoin as a ransom

It happens because no one can prove about the transaction. Really people are thinking well to make them out of critical situations with bitcoin.
Stopping such usage of bitcoin is highly impossible. If there is advantage there will be disadvantage.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 12:28:47 AM

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Quote from: neonshium on February 24, 2016, 08:39:57 PM

Quote from: Hellacopter on February 23, 2016, 12:39:16 PM

Yeah, even gold is used by criminals, Does that mean gold is the criminal currency?
Offcourse not. Criminals will grap anything they can hold on too, for their practices.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 12:49:30 AM

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Its really up to the person. Bitcoins ain't bad its people that is.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 01:20:42 AM

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all currency are being used for something illegal by somebody.
bitcoin might be easier to not be tracked though with mixer and all that stuff. Cheesy

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 01:54:19 AM

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Quote from: Sex/Money/Drugs on February 25, 2016, 12:49:30 AM

Its really up to the person. Bitcoins ain't bad its people that is.

Yeah bitcoins not wrong they are a bad person utilizing bitcoin

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 01:57:55 AM

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I'm sure that some people are using bitcoins for illegal activity. But cash and other forms of money are as well.

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February 25, 2016, 08:45:26 AM

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Quote from: aardvark15 on February 25, 2016, 01:57:55 AM

I'm sure that some people are using bitcoins for illegal activity. But cash and other forms of money are as well.

That is true, anything that has a value could be use in illegal activity.. It depends upon the one who will use it...

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 09:30:28 AM

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its a lot easier to use bitcoin on illegal activities though.
Anyone who would want to get away by selling illegal stuff would definitely want to try cryptocurrencies not just bitcoin but monero and the rest of the crypto which can be traded.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 09:46:59 AM

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Some countries consider online gambling as illegal activity.
So yes, it is in those regards. But that is the beauty of being online. You can use a vpn to not be in those countries while doing those activities, so it is like you are not even in those countries that ban it.

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 09:47:20 AM

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Quote from: diegz on February 25, 2016, 08:45:26 AM

Quote from: aardvark15 on February 25, 2016, 01:57:55 AM

I'm sure that some people are using bitcoins for illegal activity. But cash and other forms of money are as well.

That is true, anything that has a value could be use in illegal activity.. It depends upon the one who will use it...

yeah agree, and all currencies has also been used for illegal activities. in contrast to bitcoin, it is still very new. so there is very little illegal activity. whether we should tolerate it?

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 12:18:10 PM

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Quote from: mixan on February 25, 2016, 09:46:59 AM

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 01:07:18 PM

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in a nutshell, this phenomena is explicit in the darknet without even asking about it as you visited them at once.
bitcoin (in general) is the only way to trade for illegal stuff. Tongue

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Re: Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities

February 25, 2016, 02:07:59 PM

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Quote from: Laosai on February 24, 2016, 02:10:59 PM

Quote from: enhu on February 24, 2016, 09:45:26 AM

Quote from: Zacudis on February 23, 2016, 03:12:28 PM

Quote from: Hellacopter on February 23, 2016, 12:39:16 PM

Even now, 6 years after the creation of bitcoin, US dollar is still the favourite of the criminals.

Exactly but what's special about btc used for illegal activities is that I'm more or less sure that it works in both ways. I'm sure price is greatly backed by illegal activities!!!

It is many used by illegal activities. I think it is normal. Nobody can control them so that is good for them.
But it is to easy for them. It must stop and that is not good for us. It will have a bad reputation.

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