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I believe the publicity surrounding the "takedown" of Dread Pirate Roberts and the Silk Road merely sensationalized to an entirely new generation that you CAN use technology to achieve all methods of crime. I can tell you from experience, someone within the FBI wanted to make an achievement noteworthy to attain higher standing within the agency. If you compared the amount of funds seized to the actual man hours clocked in total investigating this crime you'd likely see that there is a huge deficit. In other words, tens of millions probably went in to this investigation. All for a couple of fish and maybe 3 mil in BTC.
Yep, they deterred nothing and created ten more just like it. Kind of reminds one of the whole jihadist thing. Kill one and you create a generation more.
Edit: What they don't want you to know is what they really don't, and probably will never, know.
Yep, they deterred nothing and created ten more just like it. Kind of reminds one of the whole jihadist thing. Kill one and you create a generation more.
Edit: What they don't want you to know is what they really don't, and probably will never, know.
this thread should be used as scientific research.
everyone says drugs make drug users paranoid. yet this thread is proving that druggies are not paranoid and trust strangers, that they will never meet face to face with large amounts of money
these con men tricks are to make people think its safe to use their service to store lots of funds, instead of just trusting them with small amounts for that days transactions.
be smart leave your main 'savings' in a proper bitcoin -core wallet and only use daily spend amounts. whether its SR or an exchange or any other third party service.
everyone says drugs make drug users paranoid. yet this thread is proving that druggies are not paranoid and trust strangers, that they will never meet face to face with large amounts of money
these con men tricks are to make people think its safe to use their service to store lots of funds, instead of just trusting them with small amounts for that days transactions.
be smart leave your main 'savings' in a proper bitcoin -core wallet and only use daily spend amounts. whether its SR or an exchange or any other third party service.
imo, i think it's the opposite.. druggies are a bit too trusting since their inhibitions have been lowered by the drugs. they're also more desperate for their stash, so they'd be willing to take on the high risk of buying illegal substances through the internet.
best way to lose your money is to gamble while you're on shit.
this thread should be used as scientific research.
everyone says drugs make drug users paranoid. yet this thread is proving that druggies are not paranoid and trust strangers, that they will never meet face to face with large amounts of money
these con men tricks are to make people think its safe to use their service to store lots of funds, instead of just trusting them with small amounts for that days transactions.
be smart leave your main 'savings' in a proper bitcoin -core wallet and only use daily spend amounts. whether its SR or an exchange or any other third party service.
everyone says drugs make drug users paranoid. yet this thread is proving that druggies are not paranoid and trust strangers, that they will never meet face to face with large amounts of money
these con men tricks are to make people think its safe to use their service to store lots of funds, instead of just trusting them with small amounts for that days transactions.
be smart leave your main 'savings' in a proper bitcoin -core wallet and only use daily spend amounts. whether its SR or an exchange or any other third party service.
Actually the admins of the SR 2.0 have proved themselves to be a honest and trustworthy bunch. Even after a hacker stole thousands of BTC from their wallet, the admins refunded the users with their own money. Their actions were quite a revelation, at a time when the entire Bitcoin sector is flooded with con artists and crooks.
you realise the best con a conman does is to take peoples money. tell them it was stolen, but offer to reimburse it.
this method has been done by many boiler rooms and conartists for years, it costs nothing and the reality is that funds never move/were ever lost. and was purely a story to gain trust.
the easiest way to spot a 'story' is when the business does not close shop to redevelop its security, to audit balances or even simply show actual proof of theft beyond just their words
That story is very suspect:
If the admins are already wealthy enough to pay back "thousands of BTC" from their own funds, then why are they taking the enormous risk of running SR 2?
Silly "libertarians" and their utopian free market.
i don't know the full story, but the money lost could have only been the amount in escrow, in which case it wouldn't be as much as it'd be if everyone's wallet had been hijacked. that money could be paid back fairly quickly.
Actually the admins of the SR 2.0 have proved themselves to be a honest and trustworthy bunch. Even after a hacker stole thousands of BTC from their wallet, the admins refunded the users with their own money. Their actions were quite a revelation, at a time when the entire Bitcoin sector is flooded with con artists and crooks.
you realise the best con a conman does is to take peoples money. tell them it was stolen, but offer to reimburse it.
this method has been done by many boiler rooms and conartists for years, it costs nothing and the reality is that funds never move/were ever lost. and was purely a story to gain trust.
the easiest way to spot a 'story' is when the business does not close shop to redevelop its security, to audit balances or even simply show actual proof of theft beyond just their words
That story is very suspect:
If the admins are already wealthy enough to pay back "thousands of BTC" from their own funds, then why are they taking the enormous risk of running SR 2?
Silly "libertarians" and their utopian free market.
Actually the admins of the SR 2.0 have proved themselves to be a honest and trustworthy bunch. Even after a hacker stole thousands of BTC from their wallet, the admins refunded the users with their own money. Their actions were quite a revelation, at a time when the entire Bitcoin sector is flooded with con artists and crooks.
that's what i heard. and SR 2.0 is actually, in some ways, bigger than the old SR.. kind of a funny fact to me. the drug peddlers are actually the honest bunch.
you realise the best con a conman does is to take peoples money. tell them it was stolen, but offer to reimburse it.
this method has been done by many boiler rooms and conartists for years, it costs nothing and the reality is that funds never move/were ever lost. and was purely a story to gain trust.
the easiest way to spot a 'story' is when the business does not close shop to redevelop its security, to audit balances or even simply show actual proof of theft beyond just their words
QFT, don't leave your money in someone else's wallet, for any reason, ever. this method has been done by many boiler rooms and conartists for years, it costs nothing and the reality is that funds never move/were ever lost. and was purely a story to gain trust.
the easiest way to spot a 'story' is when the business does not close shop to redevelop its security, to audit balances or even simply show actual proof of theft beyond just their words
Actually the admins of the SR 2.0 have proved themselves to be a honest and trustworthy bunch. Even after a hacker stole thousands of BTC from their wallet, the admins refunded the users with their own money. Their actions were quite a revelation, at a time when the entire Bitcoin sector is flooded with con artists and crooks.
you realise the best con a conman does is to take peoples money. tell them it was stolen, but offer to reimburse it.
this method has been done by many boiler rooms and conartists for years, it costs nothing and the reality is that funds never move/were ever lost. and was purely a story to gain trust.
the easiest way to spot a 'story' is when the business does not close shop to redevelop its security, to audit balances or even simply show actual proof of theft beyond just their words
Actually the admins of the SR 2.0 have proved themselves to be a honest and trustworthy bunch. Even after a hacker stole thousands of BTC from their wallet, the admins refunded the users with their own money. Their actions were quite a revelation, at a time when the entire Bitcoin sector is flooded with con artists and crooks.
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