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Topic: Bitcoin will always have skeletons in the cupboard, but why blame Bitcoin? (Read 155 times)

legendary
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I wouldn't worry about it that much, since this is practically the viewpoint of the average person as well. Doesn't really matter what they think as long as the people who really care about bitcoin stop caring about it. The mass media can say whatever it wants.

The Mass media can kill Bitcoin, if they really target it or get told to do it. We should actively debunk the Bad PR with some

Good PR and focus on the positive things that are done with Bitcoin. We should not allow the Mass media to destroy Bitcoin

with Half truths. The average person should hear both sides of the story.  Wink
legendary
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Merit: 1360
Don't let others control your BTC -> self custody
bad pr is still pr ). This is just a technology, people can use it in different ways, same like nuclear energy.

Nuclear energy also killed a lot of people, but we still use it.

That's what I'm always saying.

I see they added the TV Mini-Series, Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley on Netflix and the first episode is dedicated to the
DarkWeb and Silkroad. Bitcoin is mentioned throughout the episode and scripted as this criminal currency. Watching this, I
figured that Bitcoin will forever carry this label as the Currency for criminals. In one scene the pub owner joked that Bitcoin
should be left alone and that Dollars should be used for crime. Will we ever shrug the criminal history linked to Silkroad and
replace it with all the good that are done with this technology?
Bitcoin is so much more than, Silkroad / MtGox and all the bad things that are done with the technology.  Angry

Here OP, I removed the spaces for you. Or maybe I should say I did it for all of us.
As for the criminals the dollar is the most popular currency among criminals. In Africa it's all dollar. Got USD? You can buy anything, drugs, guns, hitmen, women, slaves...
Now, try doing the same with BTC. Maybe after a few days of searching you'll find someone to accept it.
member
Activity: 140
Merit: 11
I wouldn't worry about it that much, since this is practically the viewpoint of the average person as well. Doesn't really matter what they think as long as the people who really care about bitcoin stop caring about it. The mass media can say whatever it wants.
full member
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Merit: 102
Cash was used for criminal activities for many centuries, first coins, then paper money. It's just a tool, and bitcoin is a tool also.
full member
Activity: 256
Merit: 102
bad pr is still pr ). This is just a technology, people can use it in different ways, same like nuclear energy.

Nuclear energy also killed a lot of people, but we still use it.
newbie
Activity: 31
Merit: 0
I see they added the TV Mini-Series, Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley on Netflix and the first episode is dedicated to the

DarkWeb and Silkroad. Bitcoin is mentioned throughout the episode and scripted as this criminal currency. Watching this, I

figured that Bitcoin will forever carry this label as the Currency for criminals. In one scene the pub owner joked that Bitcoin

should be left alone and that Dollars should be used for crime. Will we ever shrug the criminal history linked to Silkroad and

replace it with all the good that are done with this technology?

Bitcoin is so much more than, Silkroad / MtGox and all the bad things that are done with the technology.  Angry
it is fact bitcoin can be used as criminal currency but Netflix only show bad part with bitcoin.
this is good sign bitcoin start effect in the world
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1074
I see they added the TV Mini-Series, Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley on Netflix and the first episode is dedicated to the

DarkWeb and Silkroad. Bitcoin is mentioned throughout the episode and scripted as this criminal currency. Watching this, I

figured that Bitcoin will forever carry this label as the Currency for criminals. In one scene the pub owner joked that Bitcoin

should be left alone and that Dollars should be used for crime. Will we ever shrug the criminal history linked to Silkroad and

replace it with all the good that are done with this technology?

Bitcoin is so much more than, Silkroad / MtGox and all the bad things that are done with the technology.  Angry
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