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October 10, 2017, 01:50:51 AM
#54
Yes, nowadays it’s being used in crime, they buy and sell online and pay by bitcoin. Because it’s untraceable. So police can’t get clue to caught them. I think it’s dangerous.

That's a true fact . But I do not want to blame bitcoin for that. Bitcoin can not kill people, some people are buying weapon,drugs using bitcoin. Bitcoin is untraceable but the weapon dealer or the drug dealer is traceable. So instead of trying to stop bitcoin we have to try to stop criminal activity. Because banning bitcoin would not help. Criminals will find the alternative of bitcoin.

Is there no crime or less crime in earth when there was no bitcoin?
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October 10, 2017, 01:41:15 AM
#53
It is an indisputable fact that bitcoin is the easiest way to modern day criminology. Most of us have been hacked or scamed before. It is also the most comfortable way to carryout money laundry, but we can not remain in the stone age because of the disadvantages that any modern technology will bring. The way out is to bring another technological advancement that will check mate the crimes.
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October 10, 2017, 01:33:00 AM
#52
Bitcoins has regained its strong value, As of this posting, the value per 1 bitcoin is exactly 4786.59 US Dollar.   Soon we will see more ways people can squeeze the most out of bitcoins.   Since the advent of the internet to be profit oriented in the 90's, no one would possibly have imagined that the Internet would breed Facebook, Google, Uber, online streaming, etc. This is where we are with the Blockchain now. There exists a whole world of opportunities out there.  

These opportunities have the unrighteous users of this cryptocurrencies to also used its advantage. We cannot deny for a fact that cyber crimes have been committed since the birth of the internet.  Once, stealing was done with having guns, now, robbers can easily hack bank accounts or counterfeit credit cards to their advantage.  Sooner, cryptocurrencies can be used to pay crimes such as services for creating counterfeit birth certificates and this is not far from happening.  Actually, the US has already cases on this matter.

Another is the crime of buying illegal-drug emporium that used Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, politicians and policymakers took notice. Criminals, it turns out, really like bitcoins, which can be exchanged for nefarious purposes on the "Dark Web," with complete anonymity and, it seems, impunity.

Although, there are some articles that i have read regarding criminals cannot hide behind bitcoins, still, there are difficulties tracing transactions using cryptocurrencies. That is why law enforcement agencies should have a to change their procedures to pursue criminals who make use of the latest technology to commit crimes. Let the law find a way to evolve to address new tech challenges. There is no reason to expect that law enforcement won’t be able to get a handle on this new cybercrime.
Hi OP, in my opinion I totally agree with you as this is another disadvantage of bitcoin.
But if you are going to compare the disadvantages of bitcoin to its advantages I pretty sure that advantages will surely the winner.
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October 10, 2017, 01:28:35 AM
#51
Bitcoins has regained its strong value, As of this posting, the value per 1 bitcoin is exactly 4786.59 US Dollar.   Soon we will see more ways people can squeeze the most out of bitcoins.   Since the advent of the internet to be profit oriented in the 90's, no one would possibly have imagined that the Internet would breed Facebook, Google, Uber, online streaming, etc. This is where we are with the Blockchain now. There exists a whole world of opportunities out there.  

These opportunities have the unrighteous users of this cryptocurrencies to also used its advantage. We cannot deny for a fact that cyber crimes have been committed since the birth of the internet.  Once, stealing was done with having guns, now, robbers can easily hack bank accounts or counterfeit credit cards to their advantage.  Sooner, cryptocurrencies can be used to pay crimes such as services for creating counterfeit birth certificates and this is not far from happening.  Actually, the US has already cases on this matter.

Another is the crime of buying illegal-drug emporium that used Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, politicians and policymakers took notice. Criminals, it turns out, really like bitcoins, which can be exchanged for nefarious purposes on the "Dark Web," with complete anonymity and, it seems, impunity.

Although, there are some articles that i have read regarding criminals cannot hide behind bitcoins, still, there are difficulties tracing transactions using cryptocurrencies. That is why law enforcement agencies should have a to change their procedures to pursue criminals who make use of the latest technology to commit crimes. Let the law find a way to evolve to address new tech challenges. There is no reason to expect that law enforcement won’t be able to get a handle on this new cybercrime.
Where there is money scammers will always be, regardless of what kind of technology. Therefore, one should not be surprised, the human mind is a delicate thing, which is looking for profit for a loved one.
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October 10, 2017, 01:24:17 AM
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Bitcoins has regained its strong value, As of this posting, the value per 1 bitcoin is exactly 4786.59 US Dollar.   Soon we will see more ways people can squeeze the most out of bitcoins.   Since the advent of the internet to be profit oriented in the 90's, no one would possibly have imagined that the Internet would breed Facebook, Google, Uber, online streaming, etc. This is where we are with the Blockchain now. There exists a whole world of opportunities out there.  

These opportunities have the unrighteous users of this cryptocurrencies to also used its advantage. We cannot deny for a fact that cyber crimes have been committed since the birth of the internet.  Once, stealing was done with having guns, now, robbers can easily hack bank accounts or counterfeit credit cards to their advantage.  Sooner, cryptocurrencies can be used to pay crimes such as services for creating counterfeit birth certificates and this is not far from happening.  Actually, the US has already cases on this matter.

Another is the crime of buying illegal-drug emporium that used Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, politicians and policymakers took notice. Criminals, it turns out, really like bitcoins, which can be exchanged for nefarious purposes on the "Dark Web," with complete anonymity and, it seems, impunity.

Although, there are some articles that i have read regarding criminals cannot hide behind bitcoins, still, there are difficulties tracing transactions using cryptocurrencies. That is why law enforcement agencies should have a to change their procedures to pursue criminals who make use of the latest technology to commit crimes. Let the law find a way to evolve to address new tech challenges. There is no reason to expect that law enforcement won’t be able to get a handle on this new cybercrime.

its not new and we all know that bitcoin is being used in illegal activities before and it was first introduced in the deepweb/darknet .
i guess that is the reason why some people think that using bitcoin is bad or a scam, bitcoin has got a bad reputation to the public. but no matter what issue the bitcoin is facing, there were still people use it and accept  for what it is.
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October 10, 2017, 01:23:03 AM
#49
Correct me if I am wrong, but most drugs are still bought with cash on the street? You do not see drug dealers accepting bitcoins for payment on every street corner and I think you will get stabbed if you ask for it. Why is Bitcoin the culprit?

Bitcoin can be used as a honey trap by law enforcement agencies to catch the bad guys, if they know how to use it properly. They can even develop their own services on top of the Blockchain to catch these guys. ^smile^
well for drugs crime, most of them make transactions on the road using cash. Maybe the purchase using Bitcoin was done by the big boss of the drug. Because the current transaction with Bitcoin is still quite anonymous even though basically a transaction uses bitcoin everyone can figure it out. If criminals know it then they will think twice about doing a transaction with Bitcoin. it is my opinion and the police should continue to evolve to improve its performance so that Bitcoin's name is always positive.
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October 10, 2017, 01:17:26 AM
#48
Bitcoin was earlier mostly adopted by dark markets due to its anonymity.Bitcoin has been always targeted by its critics for this reason.Its an old news.But now,bitcoin is widely used for different purposes.May be,you are pointing out the wannacry issue.

I think now dark markets have better choices like monero,zcash for such purposes which are pseudo anonymous.But still,we can't deny that bitcoin is used for such purposes.Since its a decentralized currency,we could not stop any person using bitcoins based on the purposes it is used for.Just like USD,bitcoins are free to use for any one,either good or bad.

Even though bitcoin transactions could be traced since all transactions are entered in a public ledger,mixing services would definitely make it difficult to trace the exact culprit.
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October 10, 2017, 01:05:35 AM
#47
bitcoi is the best payment method for crime because the transaction is anonymous and no one know who transfered you. and we dont kbow how to trace the bitcoin user, unless they use personalize address
And its much harder to trace when criminals uses mixer where we don't have any clue where the btc came after its been release from the mixer that has been used but we don't have any ways to exempt criminals to use and access this system since its just like an ordinary currency that can be used by all people who got knowledge about it.

But they don't start using I think. Even US had fight with Iraq and Ozama same that time also there was a non calculated amount has been transferred in Asia-Pacific region.
These kind of the rumor what always been shared by the US government but not been true and not confirmed in any decentralized transaction medium. Mixers are used by the whales only I am not sure criminal are being used this.
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October 10, 2017, 01:05:09 AM
#46
Correct me if I am wrong, but most drugs are still bought with cash on the street? You do not see drug dealers accepting bitcoins for payment on every street corner and I think you will get stabbed if you ask for it. Why is Bitcoin the culprit?

Bitcoin can be used as a honey trap by law enforcement agencies to catch the bad guys, if they know how to use it properly. They can even develop their own services on top of the Blockchain to catch these guys. ^smile^
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October 10, 2017, 12:56:03 AM
#45
Bitcoin was first known in the deep web wherein those anonymous person buy illegal things using Bitcoin as their payment. That story is quite known. That is why most of us people think of Bitcoin at first sight as illegal money. They draw right away a negative conclusion about it. Even dollars or the other conventional currencies are used in illegal activities, yet we think our money is legal. It is not about what kind of money we are using. This is about how people use their money that makes it legal.
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October 10, 2017, 12:48:09 AM
#44
bitcoi is the best payment method for crime because the transaction is anonymous and no one know who transfered you. and we dont kbow how to trace the bitcoin user, unless they use personalize address
And its much harder to trace when criminals uses mixer where we don't have any clue where the btc came after its been release from the mixer that has been used but we don't have any ways to exempt criminals to use and access this system since its just like an ordinary currency that can be used by all people who got knowledge about it.
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October 10, 2017, 12:44:20 AM
#43
bitcoin giving a choice for people to make anonymous transaction and it will wide open to used in crimes but its only depend for ourselves. how we want to do with our bitcoin and I hope that we don't get involve with something that might be illegal activity and its better to used bitcoin for good things. but I realize that maybe in out there, many people used bitcoin for crimes and they can send and receive money laundry from bitcoin especially bitcoin price is increase like now.
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October 10, 2017, 12:33:16 AM
#42
bitcoi is the best payment method for crime because the transaction is anonymous and no one know who transfered you. and we dont kbow how to trace the bitcoin user, unless they use personalize address
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October 10, 2017, 12:31:41 AM
#41
Evil is really widespread. And in any way it can be done. Similarly, bitcoins are well used. Their way is to pay the hired killers to kill people. And for easy payment methods they use bitcoins. Because it is a money and of course it will be easy and nobody knows it. If they use banks or other ways to pay it is definitely a hassle and they can even ask for it.
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October 10, 2017, 12:29:51 AM
#40
This is not the first time people complained about bitcoin can be used for criminal things and it is something cant be avoided, and I agree there should be a new way to track and to catch the criminal, now the technology has been inproved so quickly, so the law enforcement really need to step up to handle this problem

And we can only encourage people to not used bitcoin for bad things and double up our account protection, the rest of it, will depends on the person and law enforcement to handle the problem
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October 10, 2017, 12:06:53 AM
#39
Yes it is and this is because it is an easy way to clean a dirty earned money, money laundering is the right term. Money laundering is defined as a way to make it look that a money earned from illegal activities are clean money. The ways they do this is by turning their cash assets into a different assets like real estate, stocks, cars and other expensive properties. And now, as bitcoin being accesible to be bought in just few clicks from your device, it is a good option for the criminals to utilize it for money laundering.
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October 09, 2017, 11:59:10 PM
#38
There have always been good to destroy the bad. Its just a matter of time until the law enforcement could find a way to tackle this situation.
Bitcoin and crypto currencies had been made for a good cause but since the world is also filled with the bad guys we cant accuse crypto currencies for the bad that is happening. Cyber crimes were being done all the way from the beginning and it is the law that must be improvised in order to fight the crimes. You got situation ?-find a way to tackle it, not accuse the reason behind it.
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October 09, 2017, 11:21:26 PM
#37
Yess mate your right that's why bitcoin cannot be  legalized in all countries because it has a dark side such as crime they using bitcoin for illegal activities which is they can buy anything on it for examples drugs or any illegal transaction  using bitcoin.  Maybe they using this currency beacuse they all know that no one can track them even police . Cause using bitcoin on their transaction is safe to hide their identity.
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October 09, 2017, 11:18:57 PM
#36
Bitcoins has regained its strong value, As of this posting, the value per 1 bitcoin is exactly 4786.59 US Dollar.   Soon we will see more ways people can squeeze the most out of bitcoins.   Since the advent of the internet to be profit oriented in the 90's, no one would possibly have imagined that the Internet would breed Facebook, Google, Uber, online streaming, etc. This is where we are with the Blockchain now. There exists a whole world of opportunities out there.  

These opportunities have the unrighteous users of this cryptocurrencies to also used its advantage. We cannot deny for a fact that cyber crimes have been committed since the birth of the internet.  Once, stealing was done with having guns, now, robbers can easily hack bank accounts or counterfeit credit cards to their advantage.  Sooner, cryptocurrencies can be used to pay crimes such as services for creating counterfeit birth certificates and this is not far from happening.  Actually, the US has already cases on this matter.

Another is the crime of buying illegal-drug emporium that used Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, politicians and policymakers took notice. Criminals, it turns out, really like bitcoins, which can be exchanged for nefarious purposes on the "Dark Web," with complete anonymity and, it seems, impunity.

Although, there are some articles that i have read regarding criminals cannot hide behind bitcoins, still, there are difficulties tracing transactions using cryptocurrencies. That is why law enforcement agencies should have a to change their procedures to pursue criminals who make use of the latest technology to commit crimes. Let the law find a way to evolve to address new tech challenges. There is no reason to expect that law enforcement won’t be able to get a handle on this new cybercrime.

I mean, what's new? Given the fact that bitcoin's nature being decentralized, it is without a doubt, the perfect opportunity for individuals to illegaly transact under the dark web since they know that it'll be hard for government agencies to track them down. Another thing, abusers will always find a way to purchase illegal drugs even without bitcoin's existence, it just happened that bitcoin is the pefect medium for their transactions. This is primarily the reason on why some countries ban the usage of bitcoins in order to at least lessen their drug probelm.
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October 09, 2017, 11:17:51 PM
#35
this isn't new at all , bitcoin was used for illegal purposes since the beginning but this is not what bitcoin can only do
the market cap is still climbing and I really doubt that an 80 billions dollar cap is being used for crime
the media should get over it and know the positives before the negatives , yesterday I was watching a local media channel called Al-Mayadeen and they were talking about bitcoin
what I liked about the show yesterday is that the middle east media started to understand that bitcoin isn't only being used for buying weapons and drugs
the host said that an 80 billions dollar market means that people really like it and most of the coins are being held by investors not criminals
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