Is bitcoin being used for illegal activities - page 78.

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yes you are right, it is the problem with people that how they use bitcoin, bitcoin is only a currency and with that good people do good activities while those people who have black mind do wrongs with that.

Black mind? That sounds a little racist lol im not sure that's what you meant or anything but BTC is used for illegal activities and the best we can do to stop it is just to stay away from it ourselves and make sure our friends dont do it.

You have to look at the bright side of btc sometimes and the brightside is we're making bank off of something online.

If black mind is racist, so is black market or black sheep.
Bitcoin being used for illegal activities does no harm to it, except in the minds of people who don't realize it is just a tool.
Technology enables good guys as well as bad guys.

No i dont think that black mind is racist at all but i think the fact that he used black over any other word i do think is sort of racist in their own way, he honestly could have said dark mind or corrupt mind , but no he chose to say "Black" mind. I really dont understand why

Some times we run out of word. It is not a big deal until we take it as a bad word. If the word black is bad. Then you must stop using your car because it has black tire ! its all upon the user how they wanna use it !

Black mind means ill minded which is doing illegal activities.

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Quote from: jerowacik on June 27, 2016, 11:55:07 PM

bitcoin is now widely used for the crime. probably due to the use of bitcoin easy so that people do not even use the bitcoin responsible for the crime. it can not be avoided.

I think that most criminals choose Bitcoin for their dirty deeds because they think it is completely anonymous, believes stereotypes, most likely it's just a lack of knowledge. Bitcoin is a pseudo-anonymous, and that helps intelligence agencies to calculate the criminals. Suffice it to read the news of their capture.

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bitcoin is now widely used for the crime. probably due to the use of bitcoin easy so that people do not even use the bitcoin responsible for the crime. it can not be avoided.

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Yes bitcoin is used For illegal Activities because Bitcoin is Like Real Money. As we can see that some persons buy drugs and other illegal things with Real money, Then they can Buy these things with Bitcoin because we already Discussed above that Bitcoin is like a Real money, So it can be used For illegal purposes.....

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Quote from: VERUMinNUMERIS on June 27, 2016, 11:32:07 PM

Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 07:11:09 AM

I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering

Dude, Bitcoin got its start due to that. The $ is used for every crime in the world so I doubt it.

Yup, all currency in circulation is surely used for illegal transactions. because each person doing transactions using cash, so did the bitcoin. Let alone the bitcoin is a currency without a name, it is highly exploited by the bad guys. but beside that, it actually is not bad, even bitcoin bitcoin is much better than other currencies

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Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 07:11:09 AM

I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering

Dude, Bitcoin got its start due to that. The $ is used for every crime in the world so I doubt it.

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Any other Currencies is being used to illegal activities, but Bitcoin is highly notable due to its anonymity, it is what you called Freedom, no one controls it, so illegal transactions can also be considered due to this features and circumstances. So the question " Is Bitcoin used for Illegal Activities?" the answer is yes. but on the other side have you asked also if " Bitcoin is being used in Legal and legit activities?" definitely a Yes also.

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Quote from: bitcoin-hunter on June 27, 2016, 05:47:59 PM

Quote from: Holdaaja on June 27, 2016, 04:03:23 PM

Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

Every currency is used by criminals so I honestly do not see the problem of this.
In my eyes the bitcoin is not bad at all because of the fact every currency has this.

that's for sure,the media just overreacting because bitcoin is a new thing for them maybe,and they seem want to look deeper into it,even USD being used for illegal activity by some criminals for an age there's no news that saying dollar is the currency of criminals lol

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Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 07:11:09 AM

I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering

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Hi bitcoin110011, yes I've also read a lot about bitcoins being used for illegal activities. Like money laundering and for sure the government will find it hard to regulate it because everybody can use bitcoins and everybody can make their multiple wallets by having multiple accounts. There is one article that I have read saying that bitcoin is illegally used in sports betting because if a person really want to get rich, and he is a player, he can make his team lost so that he will win in sportsbetting.

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Quote from: bitcoin-hunter on June 27, 2016, 05:47:59 PM

Quote from: Holdaaja on June 27, 2016, 04:03:23 PM

Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

Every currency is used by criminals so I honestly do not see the problem of this.
In my eyes the bitcoin is not bad at all because of the fact every currency has this.

Probably only a small amount is being used for illegal activities, but you can also say this
for fiat currency. Criminals will use every possibility they have. Only to bad that this put's
a negative image on Bitcoins

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Quote from: bitcoin-hunter on June 27, 2016, 05:47:59 PM

Quote from: Holdaaja on June 27, 2016, 04:03:23 PM

Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

Every currency is used by criminals so I honestly do not see the problem of this.
In my eyes the bitcoin is not bad at all because of the fact every currency has this.

You are really right about this, every currency is used by criminals and we cannot due anything about it nowadays... its just how it is.

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Quote from: Holdaaja on June 27, 2016, 04:03:23 PM

Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

Every currency is used by criminals so I honestly do not see the problem of this.
In my eyes the bitcoin is not bad at all because of the fact every currency has this.

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Quote from: Holdaaja on June 27, 2016, 04:03:23 PM

Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

thats true, nearly every currency of the world is being used for buying and selling drugs in my opinion because im pretty sure that every country has some drug users for sure

and i dont think that it is an exception with any other crimes too because fiat is also used to do illegal activities just like bitcoin is used, i dont think there are any differences

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Quote from: bitcoin110011 on February 06, 2016, 07:11:09 AM

I see more and more acrticles of bitcoin being used for illegal activities
will this hurt bitcoin in the long run , will governments ban this just like they started to do wih paying in cash for some services
to harden the use of illegal , and money laundering

Sure., drugs need to be paid in usd/eur/~~gbp~~/btc

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Of course it is, just like every other currency.
Bitcoin is awesome but not that awesome it would make crime dissappear Cheesy

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Quote from: Whosdaddy on June 27, 2016, 01:46:24 PM

Quote from: 2legit2 on June 27, 2016, 08:26:08 AM

Personally, I also believe that it is being used for some of the illegal activities. First of all, some countries consider online gambling as an illegal activity, so that's where BTC comes to place.

However I don't think that the government does really care about the cryptocurrency being in use, that's why they don't really focus their time on it and doesn't "hunt" for people that gamble etc people.

Bitcoin WAS heavily used for illegal activities way back when bitcoin wasn't as popular as it is now.
And just so you know, it IS still used for illegal activities to launder big amounts of money, most probably.
Bitcoin will probably continue to be used for illegal activities as criminals are very smart and will find every way possible to do a crime.

Basically everything with value is being used for illegal things. Bitcoin is just one of the many tools. But the media always highlights Bitcoin as being the currency of the underworld. It's a shame.

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If people were using bitcoin to participate in illegal activities, then shouldn't it be banned? Maybe this needs to be looked into a little closer! We, as a community, should not participate in a movement that condones illegal behavior such as gambling and watching illicit content. We should also take a stand and fight against those who listen to rock-n-roll, do drugs, and partake in sex outside of religiously sanctified marriages! People should not have the freedom to make their own choices and do whatever they want with their money! It is unnatural!

(just sarcasm....sorry)

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Quote from: 2legit2 on June 27, 2016, 08:26:08 AM

Personally, I also believe that it is being used for some of the illegal activities. First of all, some countries consider online gambling as an illegal activity, so that's where BTC comes to place.

However I don't think that the government does really care about the cryptocurrency being in use, that's why they don't really focus their time on it and doesn't "hunt" for people that gamble etc people.

Bitcoin WAS heavily used for illegal activities way back when bitcoin wasn't as popular as it is now.
And just so you know, it IS still used for illegal activities to launder big amounts of money, most probably.
Bitcoin will probably continue to be used for illegal activities as criminals are very smart and will find every way possible to do a crime.

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Every good thing can also be used for bad things and so can Bitcoin. Like the fiat money, Bitcoin is also used for money laundering, buying drugs and weapons, child pornography. I think that you all have heard for Silk Road and similar markets where Bitcoin is used for illegal stuff.

All these things are not because of bitcoin, its because people want to do these wrong activities. I have seen numerous cases where dollars were being used in illegal things like buying drugs, etc.

That is common for illegal activities. I just don't get what's new for bitcoin to be used in illegal activities? Bitcoin is a currency just in another form. Bitcoin has value. So it's just normal if it's used in illegal activities since it's a 100% money.

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I think that for some people bitcoin is actually used for crime. I do not deny though that bitcoin conducting easy transactions can be its actual weakness.

That is why the government can't really track the criminals that use bitcoin to buy things You cant really check with Bitcoin what have you bought, thus making it a big problem

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