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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 11, 2013, 01:49:03 AM

When is the last time you saw someone purchase illegal drugs online with dollars?

I'm not sure that it matters whether it is online or face-to-face. The article didn't qualify the spending as being online but rather a broader statement that encompassed all spending.

Also, I'd like to point out that there are many, many forums where people can buy pharmaceuticals from guys in other countries, and much of their exchange is done via PayPal or Western Union or MoneyPak or whatever.

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Quote from: R2D221 on May 10, 2013, 09:52:49 PM

Quote from: Impaler on May 10, 2013, 06:19:30 PM

If you don't like the public perception about black-markets and gambling then try to change that, and the best way to do that would be if it were not TRUE.

What's exactly your point? How is buying drugs with Bitcoin different than buying them with dollars?

When is the last time you saw someone purchase illegal drugs online with dollars?

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Quote from: Impaler on May 10, 2013, 06:19:30 PM

If you don't like the public perception about black-markets and gambling then try to change that, and the best way to do that would be if it were not TRUE.

What's exactly your point? How is buying drugs with Bitcoin different than buying them with dollars?

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Oh Brother, you people are engaging in edit wars on Wikipedia, cut it out, that is the hallmark of ideologues and your going to make yourself a laughing stock. If you don't like the public perception about black-markets and gambling then try to change that, and the best way to do that would be if it were not TRUE.

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Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on May 10, 2013, 09:36:56 AM

Quote from: Rodyland on May 10, 2013, 05:34:35 AM

Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on May 10, 2013, 02:39:01 AM

I have a plan.

1. Everyone registers on Wikipedia.
2. Checks the article.
3. If it's incorrect - corrects it.
4. Repeat in a couple of days.

I bet those suckers will give up 1st.

You're new to this Wikipedia thing right?

Used to write a few articles many years ago. Anything has been changed?

This will result in edit wars, and the final word comes from the admins.
On the other hand, I added “Similar to other currencies” to the Bitcoin article. Let's see how many minutes this will last.

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Quote from: phelix on May 10, 2013, 11:51:24 AM

simply add "like cash"

I actually like this idea quite a lot - the sooner people start thinking about Bitcoin as "digital cash" - and stop thinking about it as a "hacker currency", "terrorist money", "drug exchange", or "anti-political funds" - the better it is for general adoption.

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simply add "like cash"

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I think the sentence has already been removed from US dollar and changed on the bitcoin side. Now it says "some" instead of "a large share" for the bitcoin article. I suspect this is going to change many times in the next few days. Take a look now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

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Quote from: Rodyland on May 10, 2013, 05:34:35 AM

Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on May 10, 2013, 02:39:01 AM

I have a plan.

1. Everyone registers on Wikipedia.
2. Checks the article.
3. If it's incorrect - corrects it.
4. Repeat in a couple of days.

I bet those suckers will give up 1st.

You're new to this Wikipedia thing right?

Used to write a few articles many years ago. Anything has been changed?

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Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on May 10, 2013, 02:39:01 AM

I have a plan.

1. Everyone registers on Wikipedia.
2. Checks the article.
3. If it's incorrect - corrects it.
4. Repeat in a couple of days.

I bet those suckers will give up 1st.

I'll take that bet!!! Try it, spend the weekend at it, and then see. (Please do! Tongue

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Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on May 10, 2013, 02:39:01 AM

I have a plan.

1. Everyone registers on Wikipedia.
2. Checks the article.
3. If it's incorrect - corrects it.
4. Repeat in a couple of days.

I bet those suckers will give up 1st.

You're new to this Wikipedia thing right?

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Quote from: astutiumRob on May 09, 2013, 09:42:54 PM

Quote from: CasinoBit on May 09, 2013, 07:17:02 PM

so it's kind of terrifying that you would give your child a dollar bill to purchase lemonade and it would have trace amounts of dangerous narcotics on it.

*trace* being the key word - trace in that context means *almost undetectable*

It's probably got trace amounts of fecal matter on it as well, and 87,412 other things you don't want to know about.

I don't think that fecal matter is a fine enough powder to contaminate bills that efficiently.

Even if it's almost undetectable it still doesn't stop me from pointing out the hypocrisy of running around claiming BTC is associated with cybercrime when you have drugs on almost every single US dollar out there..

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I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this!!

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Quote from: willphase on May 09, 2013, 04:16:16 PM

It was a bad idea mentioning bitcoin in your edit comment - this shows that you're making the edit as a 'statement' rather than as a fact. Even with a valid reference, it will get reverted and won't last long because of this lack of neutral point of view.

Will

It already got reverted once and I had to change the phrasing, so it wouldn't have lasted long. Still, the article history from my original edit onwards is pretty hilarious now:

:-P

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Quote from: Inedible on May 09, 2013, 03:54:45 PM

Quote from: fluffypony on May 09, 2013, 01:06:12 PM

They say that what we're selling is illegal.

Ask them to explain to you fully what they mean by this.

If they mean selling currency on their website is illegal then they're making a fair point. If their reasoning is...

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...they quotes this line from the Wikipedia article on Bitcoin: "A large share of such commercial use is believed to be for illicit drug and gambling transactions."

...then ask them to explain why that's relevant.

If they can't explain, ask them to get their lawyers to explain it to you.

I'd be very interested to hear their reply.

Unfortunately I can only reply to the compliance department and not the person that lodged the complaint, and I already replied to them a few days ago. Since our listing stands I figure they just ignored the complainant.

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Quote from: CasinoBit on May 09, 2013, 07:17:02 PM

so it's kind of terrifying that you would give your child a dollar bill to purchase lemonade and it would have trace amounts of dangerous narcotics on it.

*trace* being the key word - trace in that context means *almost undetectable*

It's probably got trace amounts of fecal matter on it as well, and 87,412 other things you don't want to know about.

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Has anyone suggested the correction in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bitcoin ?
I want to know to avoid duplicating requests.

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They have already removed it.

Funny thing is that people claim BTC is associated with crime yet cybercrime decreases "real" crime, there has been virtually no violence associated with the illicit trade in BTC as far as I know. No stories of nerds chopping bodies up to deliver a message etc.

Most of the bills are contaminated with cocaine too (it's not a myth), so it's kind of terrifying that you would give your child a dollar bill to purchase lemonade and it would have trace amounts of dangerous narcotics on it.

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