Bitcoin transaction ledger is seethrough.
Drugmarkets use Monero reportedly , which has maybe the best anonymity features
Of any crypto that are privacy focused.

Started to wonder as I saw the title, and remembering recent news of Monero dev Spagni
stepping down officially from leading position in Monero.
Maybe he wants to have distance to XMR as it's use as a darkmarket currency could bring problems to him.

Well, anyway kids - Don't do Drugs.

That is one of the most dangerous uses of bitcoin. It is being used in illegal transactions conducted by terrorists and syndicates which makes things harder for the government to take legal actions. If this would continue, we should expect that drugs will be more evident in different parts of the world, not only in the Philippines. Also, there are other illegal products that are being sold under the black market where bitcoin serves as the mode of payment so it should not be a surprise seeing things like this anymore, I mean it's not new.

they need to be smart so that they can think of the ways on how to continue thier business because this where they get thier wealth the most  . business like this are easy money and they can earn huge but the big problem is that it is illegal   .

darkweb is the one that we blame here not btc because btc is only a currency and a currency can be used anywhere but a website like darkweb is only specific for listing strange things and illegal things as well  .

To be honest this is not surprising anymore. The same case was reported from other countries as well. The only difference is that it's from a different location, who honestly has one of the worst online security. In fact, my first introduction to Bitcoin was something like this, you can use it in illegal websites like dark web and such. But then I quickly realized that it doesn't have much difference from fiat money, it's a medium that you can use to exchange for almost anything.

Terrorists and syndicates have always been smart to do such things, they have to after all. It's a waste that they use such minds to perform such schemes. But then again, a quote took me aback, it says "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain".

It depends from the intentions of the users, since bitcoin was been accepted as a currency even those illegal practitioners will take the advantages to use this system. It's not new anymore everyone is free to use this currency whether they use it illegally or use it in the right manner it will only depending with the holders and hope they will practice the freedom that they have from this industry.

Sometimes its very sad to see the government always relating cryptocurrency or Bitcoin to the dark web, drugs and other criminal activities seen in the world but they forget that the decentralized nature of the cryptocurrency platform makes it easy to trace every transactions made on the blockchain network. Instead of them joining the crypto space and deploying developers into creating systems that can be used to track down these activities, they just spend their time developing useless policies that will not help prevent these activities........

this is the reason why bitcoin can't be accepted in many countries, one of which is that many countries are not ready to adopt the latest technology (blockchain) because they don't have developers in the blockchain field. when decentralization goes, freedom is a right. so someone can do anything about their assets in crypto. including drug transactions without being tracked. there are good and bad things about Bitcoin. the good thing is that bitcoin makes it easy for all distant transactions in a short amount of time. the bad is that bitcoin can be used for anything (including illegal transactions without being tracked)

No doubt that Philippine drug syndicates are using bitcoin to sell and buy drugs in the dark web to avoid detection from the government because Philippine government is still not yet fully aware about cryptocurrency and bitcoin, that is why drug syndicates is taking all the advantage and freedom for them to sell and buy drugs in the dark web.

Philippines is already a troubled place with all the fights between drug lords, terrorists and government people, there is no doubt that lots of these negative people are using crypto to launder there money in. Governments may try regulate with serious measures in order to stop the activities. Its a serious concern which should be discussed in order to grow as a community.

None of this would even be a problem if they just legalized drugs. -_- lol and a "war on drugs" that is the bs USA started after ww2 when they were the ones testing drugs on their own soldiers.... -_-
You can't get peace through war. "the war on drugs" is a pathetic saying anyway. It sounds retarded. Now they want to blame crypto for "enabling" people to buy drugs.
Like seriously??? Happy people don't go waiting in the middle of the night for a drug dealer, do they? So I guess the problem is that the person is unhappy and not the drugs. Blaming drugs means you too weak to take responsibility of your own actions. A drug will sit on the table it cannot harm you. You have to make the decision to take it.

Rather than waging a never-ending war and a war that they can never ever win they prefer to punish people for their drug use. How about you fix your society so people are not so unhappy?
I very much doubt bitcoin is used to buy drugs its just bs and FUD.