Criminals have used almost everywhere around the world.Just not Bitcoin. To say that the majority of the criminals are using the greater number. The most dangerous is that they are clearly using fiat. According to my knowledge, some terrorists are still using Bitcoin. Bitcoin authorities can not track them easily. But Bitcoin is not just using criminals.
As far as we know that all of us both have opportunity to use bitcoin,not exept for criminals. Even criminals are really good at this field, they maybe have a significant asset in bitcoin market. Moreover, bitcoin or cryptocurrency is anonymous, even though how criminala do in bitcoin, bad or good impact ,nobody knows it. Cryptocurrency open for all people, there is no doubt that it cointains lots of risks that criminals bring to us, all we need to do is reducing the risks and watching for the criminals. 
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Because of bitcoin's anonymity it is easy for criminals to steal or do fraudulent transactions online. And also government can't regulate bitcoin. Regardless of this, criminals can still do crimes without bitcoin or not. They have been doing this even before bitcoin existed.
I once read an article that says bitcoin is used as a payment transaction for terrorists and hackers. And maybe you guys in this forum also already know it. But here i want to convey my personal opinion in that matter. I think that internet and bitcoin interrelated. Many terrorists and criminals use internet .so also with bitcoin which used perpetrator However, despite all these issues, do people make concrete efforts to ban the internet? No. Not because removing and banning Bitcoin is difficult, but because the internet offers more positive than negative. For the same reason, we have to be more careful about our mindset for Bitcoin, because much evidence has shown that Bitcoin brings many positive, if not more, effects than the internet. Internet and Bitcoin are just devices that 'bad guys' and 'good people'. Fortunately, the world is filled with more people in the 'good people' category.
I also hear that bitcoin is used for in money laundering and tax evasion. This may cause to decrease income tax so that some countries aren't welcomed it.
This is not the only problem the reason why the government ban bitcoin in their country, bitcoin is also volatile so if bitcoin is accepted in their country, their economy might be affected by the movements. Yes, bitcoin may be used by criminals but they need to be careful since it is proven that bitcoin transaction can still be tracked.
yes i think BTC can used by criminals and terrorists that why BTC is dangerous.
I once read an article that says bitcoin is used as a payment transaction for terrorists and hackers. And maybe you guys in this forum also already know it. But here i want to convey my personal opinion in that matter. I think that internet and bitcoin interrelated. Many terrorists and criminals use internet .so also with bitcoin which used perpetrator However, despite all these issues, do people make concrete efforts to ban the internet? No. Not because removing and banning Bitcoin is difficult, but because the internet offers more positive than negative. For the same reason, we have to be more careful about our mindset for Bitcoin, because much evidence has shown that Bitcoin brings many positive, if not more, effects than the internet. Internet and Bitcoin are just devices that 'bad guys' and 'good people'. Fortunately, the world is filled with more people in the 'good people' category.
YES IT IS.Criminals or not is always finding ways to keep their money safe that cannot trace by the government, through bitcoin the criminals can easily hide without worrying their financial because the can easily exchange bitcoin into cash in any currency.
Bitcoin is operated under decentralized blockchain technology. Because of this system, everyone can involve in this business easly.There is no control from the government or monetary authority officially.That is why btc business can be misused by criminals like buying drugs,weapon , money laundry and terrorist funding. These negative impacts should be discussed and overcome together for better future development of bitcoin.
I think that Bitcoin is digital currency and anyone can buy Bitcoin and can transfered Bitcoin anywhere and everyone can used Bitcoin. There is no mistake of Bitcoin, the mistake are the criminals.
I agree with you that everyone can buy bitcoin, so i believe that there are some criminals are using bitcoin for there own purposes, and i think only rich and knowledgeable criminals are using bitcoin, because if they are not knowledgeable enough it will be hard for them to use bitcoin. 
I once read an article that says bitcoin is used as a payment transaction for terrorists and hackers. And maybe you guys in this forum also already know it. But here i want to convey my personal opinion in that matter. I think that internet and bitcoin interrelated. Many terrorists and criminals use internet .so also with bitcoin which used perpetrator However, despite all these issues, do people make concrete efforts to ban the internet? No. Not because removing and banning Bitcoin is difficult, but because the internet offers more positive than negative. For the same reason, we have to be more careful about our mindset for Bitcoin, because much evidence has shown that Bitcoin brings many positive, if not more, effects than the internet. Internet and Bitcoin are just devices that 'bad guys' and 'good people'. Fortunately, the world is filled with more people in the 'good people' category.
it can be very easy to happen because the transaction using bitcoin is very easy and not necessarily through the bank, bitcoin transactions are also private. so people can freely buy anything and everywhere using bitcoins. Probably most of the criminals are doing this as they say but i hope it will not happen that illegal activities can do here in crypto currency because criminals have no place here in crypto currency only for the poor people wanted to rich in bitcoin.
Have you ever thought that the creator of Bitcoin was meant to serve criminals? I think we should not think so negatively, Bitcoin has many benefits in life. Anything has 2 sides of it, negative and convenient. But I believe Bitcoin will be stricter in every country. Bitcoin is not an anonymous place for criminals.
Nowadays many people know and use bitcoin. Some people say that bitcoin is not legal for some countries. So is it used by criminals? Bitcoin is like other currency, it's used for specific purpose. Can use it to trade quickly. Or you can use bitcoin to pay for the fees.
I once read an article that says bitcoin is used as a payment transaction for terrorists and hackers. And maybe you guys in this forum also already know it. But here i want to convey my personal opinion in that matter. I think that internet and bitcoin interrelated. Many terrorists and criminals use internet .so also with bitcoin which used perpetrator However, despite all these issues, do people make concrete efforts to ban the internet? No. Not because removing and banning Bitcoin is difficult, but because the internet offers more positive than negative. For the same reason, we have to be more careful about our mindset for Bitcoin, because much evidence has shown that Bitcoin brings many positive, if not more, effects than the internet. Internet and Bitcoin are just devices that 'bad guys' and 'good people'. Fortunately, the world is filled with more people in the 'good people' category.
YES IT IS.
could be so
because we know that, transactions that occur in blockchain owned by bitcoin, a user can make a wallet without having to do KYC
so the anonymity of a person's data can be very secure which causes the crime to transact using BTC
because we know that, transactions that occur in blockchain owned by bitcoin, a user can make a wallet without having to do KYC
so the anonymity of a person's data can be very secure which causes the crime to transact using BTC
Maybe some people used bitcoin for illegal purposes because its unknown source and no one can know who doing the transaction. So we cannot avoid it that bitcoin can use by the criminals.
Anything can be used by criminals for whatever purpose, for instance, money laundering has been a major challenge of the world ever before bitcoin was conceived. Yes bitcoin is anonymous, but what we can do is to make it better.
Any criminal with half a brain would never use Bitcoin. Earlier this year you may remember there was a story about how a U.S. lady used "bitcoin" to send money to ISIS - She was arrested. Allegedly.
Link: http://bitcoinist.com/woman-arrested-sending-60000-bitcoin-isis/
Link: https://nypost.com/2017/12/14/woman-busted-sending-thousands-in-bitcoin-to-isis/
Now there are some key points to consider/remember with regards to this story. And this in part is my opinion - but I believe I am right (dont let my Newbie rank fool you).
Remember: Governements are petrified of Cryptocurrency.
Consider: 80% of the world is very gullible (using the 80/20 rule) and will believe whatever is jammed down their throat by the media without questioning it. Especially when both the Left and the Right are aspousing the same "facts."
Now keeping the above 2 points in mind - answer for me these questions..
1) Why can I not find a picture of this alleged ISIS supporter ANYWHERE online?
2) Why would a criminal - who, in an effort to support ISIS, who we can at least concede was a well organized group run by at least somewhat savvy people (despite their being the scum of the earth) - elect to send the money in "Bitcoins" as opposed to any one of the Private/Secure/Untraceable cryptocurrencies available? Why not use Z-Cash? Verge? Crave? Bytecoin? -- Pardon me, but I'll give ISIS the credit of being slightly more intelligent than the common criminal peasant.
3) Why was there absolutely NO coverage of this criminal trial in the news? Are we assume she was sent to Guantanamo without due process?
Why? I'll tell you why. This story is FAKE NEWS. Complete and utter deception. This was the beginning of the process of the US government's attempt to brainwash the American people. The beginning of their attempt to diminish crypto, and cast it in the light of something that is used on black markets to hurt the U.S. and other Western countries. Hell - Venezuela and their dictator Nick Maduro are even making their own backed by their oil, and Belarus, the final dictatorship in Europe, intends to become a HAVEN for this "Criminal enterprise," I'm sure they'll try to argue.
This entire story is a scam. A disgraceful attempt to deceive people and make the idea of destroying this space that 95% of people around the world DON'T understand a bit more palpable, before more people begin to understand what it's capabilities are. Little by little by little - Global governments will try to diminish and destroy something beautiful because they are powerless to completely control it. But they can certainly diminish it. Remain vigilant, and don't believe everything you read. Fight the good fight.
#FAKENEWS
Link: http://bitcoinist.com/woman-arrested-sending-60000-bitcoin-isis/
Link: https://nypost.com/2017/12/14/woman-busted-sending-thousands-in-bitcoin-to-isis/
Now there are some key points to consider/remember with regards to this story. And this in part is my opinion - but I believe I am right (dont let my Newbie rank fool you).
Remember: Governements are petrified of Cryptocurrency.
Consider: 80% of the world is very gullible (using the 80/20 rule) and will believe whatever is jammed down their throat by the media without questioning it. Especially when both the Left and the Right are aspousing the same "facts."
Now keeping the above 2 points in mind - answer for me these questions..
1) Why can I not find a picture of this alleged ISIS supporter ANYWHERE online?
2) Why would a criminal - who, in an effort to support ISIS, who we can at least concede was a well organized group run by at least somewhat savvy people (despite their being the scum of the earth) - elect to send the money in "Bitcoins" as opposed to any one of the Private/Secure/Untraceable cryptocurrencies available? Why not use Z-Cash? Verge? Crave? Bytecoin? -- Pardon me, but I'll give ISIS the credit of being slightly more intelligent than the common criminal peasant.
3) Why was there absolutely NO coverage of this criminal trial in the news? Are we assume she was sent to Guantanamo without due process?
Why? I'll tell you why. This story is FAKE NEWS. Complete and utter deception. This was the beginning of the process of the US government's attempt to brainwash the American people. The beginning of their attempt to diminish crypto, and cast it in the light of something that is used on black markets to hurt the U.S. and other Western countries. Hell - Venezuela and their dictator Nick Maduro are even making their own backed by their oil, and Belarus, the final dictatorship in Europe, intends to become a HAVEN for this "Criminal enterprise," I'm sure they'll try to argue.
This entire story is a scam. A disgraceful attempt to deceive people and make the idea of destroying this space that 95% of people around the world DON'T understand a bit more palpable, before more people begin to understand what it's capabilities are. Little by little by little - Global governments will try to diminish and destroy something beautiful because they are powerless to completely control it. But they can certainly diminish it. Remain vigilant, and don't believe everything you read. Fight the good fight.
#FAKENEWS
everything has prons(positive) and cons(negative) sides, like bitcoin, it is easy to buy and sell anything under the sun without using physical cash, like selling illegal drugs, fake money, weapons, human trafficking etc. but bitcoin has more positive sides too like if you want to send your money to you loved ones when your working abroad, transactions are also easy for buying, and also giving to charities. All in all this is reality even if you have physical money if you want to do bad things it isn't impossible.
Yeah, I think some are using bitcoin in doing illegal activity like drug trade, human trafficking and the like. Crypto currency is also being used by some in doing investment scams wherein they promise that your investment will grow faster. At first they will pay you but when you invest more btc its time for them to run away your money.
When Bitcoin is just starting it is widely used in illegal activities especially in deep web but Bitcoin is just another currency (digital) that can be used by anyone, but even fiat currency is also used by criminals, drug lords, terrorist or used in any different kinds of illegal things. But the thing is Bitcoin is more on the positive side right now because it is possible to trace Bitcoin and possibly get caught if you use it on inappropriate way, and there are already altcoins that can give fully anonymity to its users when transacting, like Monero and Verge and I think criminals are now switching to those altcoins.
It could be possible for the criminals to used bitcoin because there are rumors about it. Some says that it is been use as payment for illegal transaction long time ago when bitcoin is not really known yet. Few illegal things result to crime.
I think Easy and difficult to track bitcoin users will make it easier for users to maintain the confidentiality of their data. This is what causes them (criminals) to commit a crime, they take advantage of the advantages possessed by bitcoin for criminal acts. I think this is a negative action someone does in using bitcoin, the fact that at this time increases cyber crime because of crypto.
Everything is utilized by lawbreakers, not simply Bitcoin. Without a doubt, the immense dominant part of the culprits are utilizing fiat. The more hazardous ones are unquestionably utilizing fiat. They are the ones who are wearing suits and are possessing high positions in the administrations of various nations and in the best official places of different worldwide organizations. In the low level, even scissors and singing container and pins are utilized by culprits also.
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