The guy that got robbed is an idiot.
1) Replace "bitcoin" with "gold" and then think through if it's a smart idea. You're going to meet a stranger to arrange to sell your "gold" - in NYC of all places - and expect the transaction to not be at risk of theft? Completely naive.
2) Bitcoin's infrastructure makes it possible to sell your bitcoin for cash without having to go on Craigslist to do it! If this guy spent a bit of time figuring out what steps in the transaction he needed to get cash in his hand he would have been able to avoid this risky (albeit convenient) transaction. Clearly the robbers know how to get the full value out of those bitcoin, I doubt they'll be posting another craigslist add to sell their stolen bitcoin.
Is it news if someone claimed "I was robbed, someone took my cash!"? No. Unless the volume is in the tens of Millions.
I think a better take on this is that if the NY Post is writing articles about bitcoin, bitcoin is becoming more mainstream. People in NY aren't going to be turned off of bitcoin due to the theft, they're going to be intrigued thinking "maybe this bitcoin is something I need to have!"
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that person create a new history so after this Robbery now he is the first person who get robbed, i think never heard that kind of story in the bitcoin's history anybody lost his coins on gunpoint so that is another interesting story added to there.
actually i don't think that he was the first one who got mugged.he was the first one who got mugged and became known, maybe because he was from New York.
but i have heard that someone has got mugged before, there was a similar topic here long time ago about it.
That's why always sit in a very very public place like lunch time at a coffee shop. Or even better preferably at a place where there are armed guards as well like airport, train station, downtown security office, municipal lobby, etc.
Public places are not that safe either. I remember seeing a thread here almost two years ago (can't locate it right now), which dealt with a similar incident. A bitcoin seller transferred his coins to the potential buyer (the deal happened in a crowded library). But after the coins were transferred, the potential buyer, rather then paying the cash created a noisy scene and in the end, ran off with the coins. The seller was a handicapped man, and he couldn't chase the thief.
that person create a new history so after this Robbery now he is the first person who get robbed, i think never heard that kind of story in the bitcoin's history anybody lost his coins on gunpoint so that is another interesting story added to there.
That's why always sit in a very very public place like lunch time at a coffee shop. Or even better preferably at a place where there are armed guards as well like airport, train station, downtown security office, municipal lobby, etc.
There's an option at person on person exchange;
Do the exchange at a police station. If the buyer/seller doesn't accept that term then he's probably a robber
why a police station?! :ODo the exchange at a police station. If the buyer/seller doesn't accept that term then he's probably a robber
if you tell someone to meet you for trade at a police station he will run off thinking you are going to arrest him. lol
If it has value then some New Yorker is going to figure out how to steal it and sell it at a pawnshop. It's the state pastime like baseball is for the rest of the country. lol
The coindesk article doesn't say which area he was robbed in. ~~
but the article mentioned that the robber lured him to a vehicle, and then forced him at gunpoint. maybe the meeting started in a public place and ended up in another place.
Economically and potentially physically suicidal to trade BTC in NYC, if you don't go through metal detectors with armed security at all access points (ie courthouses). Or just violate "gun control", because violent criminals give zero fucks and have all the guns they want at all times everywhere else.
"A fool and his money will soon part."
There isn't really an issue with meeting people face to face as long as it's done in public. I sell on both Craigslist and Gumtree quite often. I never meet at I home for my own safety and always insist on meeting in a public place. Go into a Starbucks, buy a drink and wait. Even if the buyer doesn't show up because he/she only intended to scam/cheat and doesn't want to meet publicly, I still get to keep whatever it is in selling.
I feel bad for the guy, but the message is to meet publicly and stay safe.
I feel bad for the guy, but the message is to meet publicly and stay safe.
even then he could threat you with a gun in his jacket pocket
actually theres almost no way to sell bitcoins without risking a scam.
actually theres almost no way to sell bitcoins without risking a scam.
The things people will do for bitcoin is just ridiculous, I thought the begging on dice sites was bad but this is on another level of ridiculous.
There's an option at person on person exchange;
Do the exchange at a police station. If the buyer/seller doesn't accept that term then he's probably a robber
Do the exchange at a police station. If the buyer/seller doesn't accept that term then he's probably a robber
If it has value then some New Yorker is going to figure out how to steal it and sell it at a pawnshop. It's the state pastime like baseball is for the rest of the country. lol
The coindesk article doesn't say which area he was robbed in. People used to say the bronx was rough, then one of my friends said queens was getting a bad reputation. He said in certain areas you were very likely to get robbed if you had anything of value.
Years ago I heard they had gangs that could strip a car in minutes and you only had to park in the wrong area to find your car had been dismantled. If the Bitcoin seller was in a rough area it's no more than you would expect if you had anything of value.
That problem has existed for a very long time in New York. If you're an old movie buff watch the 1970s movie The Out of Towners: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066193/
Or the 1979 movie The Warriors: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/
If it has value then some New Yorker is going to figure out how to steal it and sell it at a pawnshop. It's the state pastime like baseball is for the rest of the country. lol
The coindesk article doesn't say which area he was robbed in. People used to say the bronx was rough, then one of my friends said queens was getting a bad reputation. He said in certain areas you were very likely to get robbed if you had anything of value.
Years ago I heard they had gangs that could strip a car in minutes and you only had to park in the wrong area to find your car had been dismantled. If the Bitcoin seller was in a rough area it's no more than you would expect if you had anything of value.
Well at least somehow bitcoin is getting in the news. Maybe not in the correct way, but at least the distribution is happening. 
I am just joking and BTC users should be more careful.
I am just joking and BTC users should be more careful.
NYC is big place im down south country where most people in this town i've known my whole life... but yeah internet you may get scammed but your life will never be in danger... always try stay safe bitcoin or $ not worth it
If it has value then some New Yorker is going to figure out how to steal it and sell it at a pawnshop. It's the state pastime like baseball is for the rest of the country. lol
This is where digital world meets the real world.
Bitcoin is getting known so there will be a spot for a crime that will happen in present or in the future. We can't avoid this things but we can still try to prevent it happen.
Thanks for the new news, only last month ya say. Don't fud of course it is as safe or not as safe as it has ever been, the only thing you have to do is use your head and think security over profit. There are places to meet things or people you can take that can make things go as smoothly as needed but greed gets the best of some/most people.
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