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Topic: Perhaps Bitcoin isn't the currency of ISIS... (Read 1587 times)

legendary
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December 08, 2015, 03:56:17 AM
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Of course bitcoin isnt the currency of ISIS. That is just propaganda and I`m sure some people are making big money on things like this. Maybe u can tell me I`m talkin about some conspiracy teory but they make it and they earn it from every ups and downs.
But someone said : "Any Publicity is good publicity" so just let them talking about, people will search it on internet and maybe they will see that things are not always like they say on tv or some news pappers.
legendary
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http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!

it isnt, its just that some people reported that ISIS
is using bitcoin for their transactions, it may be true
or not but after that report people star exaggerating about
bitcoin being used by the terrorist ISIS, to be honest its
not just bitcoin is being used in illegal transaction is just that
people needed something to blame and bitcoin was the victim.

Maybe they can use it to transact between members of ISIS themselves, but not to buy the real stuff. They need hard USD for that.
I don't beleive the weapons they have in Syria and around where actually bought with bitcoin.
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http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!

it isnt, its just that some people reported that ISIS
is using bitcoin for their transactions, it may be true
or not but after that report people star exaggerating about
bitcoin being used by the terrorist ISIS, to be honest its
not just bitcoin is being used in illegal transaction is just that
people needed something to blame and bitcoin was the victim.
legendary
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http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!

Although there are not exact proof, people usually connecting something based on their function.

For example :

Terorist is criminal group so law enforcer will try to track down their transaction in detail.

Bitcoin is currency that well known as it's anonymous currency

Terorist like something untracable transaction so bitcoin might the solution ....
legendary
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I beleive many ISIS peeps are tech friendly, look at all the vids they produce.
Yes only the top/talented technical guys were selected to start and Run the whole ISIS operation.
yes those vid's produced are so not biased. Undecided
legendary
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I beleive many ISIS peeps are tech friendly, look at all the vids they produce and am sure they community through encrypted messaging.. As for money they could be suing barter as well like i give you oil you give me guns..i give you drugs you give me guns! So I believe also weapons are also one of their currencies of choice..
legendary
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I remember reading about this a while back, I think IS will continue to use Bitcoin alongside other currencies (cash) and like mentioned in the article, their own currency.
Still glad that the negative focus isn't on Bitcoin this time...
hero member
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strange there's no isis coin already
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Yes, but now noone will say anything bad about Gold, as they would if they used BTC...
legendary
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Perhaps media and general public want to have standard scapegoat ready in case there is nothing else to blame, and bitcoin is a perfect candidate for that role.
Average Joe doesn't know bitcoin, for masses is just enigmatic term and therefore it is easy to blame. Most people are not gonna research internet over it anyway.
sr. member
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Only idiots connect ISIS with Bitcoin. They would get caught asap if they do, Bitcoin is only pseudo anonymous so secret services would have easy job to track their transactions.

Exactly, I am glad that all of this is unfolding in this direction. Another great article to shatter a connection  of Bitcoin with these animals!

Let's see what the governments will do right now. Will they cancel the restrictions regarding Bitcoin they had in plan? Nope. Will they introduce new policies to make it harder to sell and buy physical gold? Nope. They will do everything to push Bitcoin back to prevent it from growing. They will simply fail. Bitcoin will grow no matter what.

There's no doubt in my mind that ultimate goal is to get rid of all non-fiat currencies, in order to be able to impose negative interest rates effectively.
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I don't think it really matters where they get their money from, they will get their hands on anything they want by just threatening and torturing other people.

I think their main source of income is oil and gasses from the middle east.

I believe so too, after all, they are in the middle east, one of the biggest sources of oil. No matter what currency or investments they make, they can get their hands on anything.
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It is the media up to their old tricks.

The journalist who originally investigated has said that this rumour is false. This is yet another attempt to malign bitcoin. The bitcoin marketplace has had a few bumps with issues like mt gox and silk road etc. Hopefully these sorts of stories will not scare regular people away from using bitcoin. Also ISIS is a absolute joke, people should not take any notice of what they say.
legendary
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Of course that Bitcoin is not preferred by terrorists, they know they have way more chances at doing a fatal mistake and revealing all of their criminal money to hackers worldwide to be traced than doing some shady business for gold and physical cash with governments in exchange of cheap oil and whatnot. The Bitcoin-ISIS connection is nothing but FUD.
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Pollak
Bitcoin was never officially connected to ISIS. The media connected it just for a cool story. In fact, Isis, as you say value gold more. You'll have to be out of your mind to believe those shit-based stories...

Indeed the media did do this. I just think they did that because they wanna place bitcoin in a bad light so that less people will start using it as a currency.
sr. member
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I don't think it really matters where they get their money from, they will get their hands on anything they want by just threatening and torturing other people.

I think their main source of income is oil and gasses from the middle east.
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http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!

Now if we think like governments and retards do , We should ban gold instead of bitcoin ? since now gold is involved in illegal and terrorism activities .
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You pretend that they use as their currency a currency that is not theirs? That is not own by them? Then, if yes, where can find they all that bitcoin needed to pay their fighters? Are very big money that needed. And if they will be able to find all the needed amount, what can do their mujahideens with an internet money? How will use it? Then I bet that 80% of them know internet only as a name and have not used it even one time. They know only Allah, the Quran, the fighting, the various weapons and the women. Everything else is  western culture which want to destroy their customs and their culture. As such must be fight. Are very few they who really are the mind of everything there and maybe they may be the same as a normal people in our area. They might know and use even bitcoin. But is impossible that the money used by ISIS in everything be the money which can be used only by them.
true that, not all of them are educated. all the know is to fight fight and fight.
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no way ISIS will use bitcoin because it is tracable in some ways. Gold can be melted and hard to trace I think
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Yeah, thats true. Bitcoin can be traceable in whole world. Any transaction that made, can be know by investigators that investigate about them. I still believe this world are small, and i believe that they are not stupid to use bitcoin for their transaction process.
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no way ISIS will use bitcoin because it is tracable in some ways. Gold can be melted and hard to trace I think
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December 05, 2015, 07:09:54 AM
#9
I am thinking that this must be the reason why bitcoin is facing a lot of challenges and being accepted as a currency in most countries. people associate bitcoins to criminals and therefore wont be able to accept it freely. You can be able to have a look at the destruction ISIS has brought today and when you get your mind set to that, it becomes difficult to be convinced otherwise. They may be suing other forms of digital currency and we have no prove to rule out bitcoins.
legendary
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December 05, 2015, 06:42:51 AM
#8
Only idiots connect ISIS with Bitcoin. They would get caught asap if they do, Bitcoin is only pseudo anonymous so secret services would have easy job to track their transactions.

Exactly, I am glad that all of this is unfolding in this direction. Another great article to shatter a connection  of Bitcoin with these animals!

Let's see what the governments will do right now. Will they cancel the restrictions regarding Bitcoin they had in plan? Nope. Will they introduce new policies to make it harder to sell and buy physical gold? Nope. They will do everything to push Bitcoin back to prevent it from growing. They will simply fail. Bitcoin will grow no matter what.
sr. member
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December 05, 2015, 06:03:33 AM
#7
Bitcoin was never officially connected to ISIS. The media connected it just for a cool story. In fact, Isis, as you say value gold more. You'll have to be out of your mind to believe those shit-based stories...
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December 05, 2015, 04:43:44 AM
#6
Only idiots connect ISIS with Bitcoin. They would get caught asap if they do, Bitcoin is only pseudo anonymous so secret services would have easy job to track their transactions.

Exactly, I am glad that all of this is unfolding in this direction. Another great article to shatter a connection  of Bitcoin with these animals!
legendary
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December 05, 2015, 04:30:21 AM
#5
they are also proclaming about initiating their personal new altcoin, which will be seen as a scam

I read some articles claiming us dollar are still the favorate currency by ISIS. Comparing with gold, dollar notes are easy to carry, collect , transfer.  Gold probably is treated by them as reserve currency against dollar.

this because there is the belief that they are acquiring army from the usa, so it's better for them to use usa than bitcoin
legendary
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December 05, 2015, 04:09:35 AM
#4
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!

You pretend that they use as their currency a currency that is not theirs? That is not own by them? Then, if yes, where can find they all that bitcoin needed to pay their fighters? Are very big money that needed. And if they will be able to find all the needed amount, what can do their mujahideens with an internet money? How will use it? Then I bet that 80% of them know internet only as a name and have not used it even one time. They know only Allah, the Quran, the fighting, the various weapons and the women. Everything else is  western culture which want to destroy their customs and their culture. As such must be fight. Are very few they who really are the mind of everything there and maybe they may be the same as a normal people in our area. They might know and use even bitcoin. But is impossible that the money used by ISIS in everything be the money which can be used only by them.
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December 05, 2015, 02:17:29 AM
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I read some articles claiming us dollar are still the favorate currency by ISIS. Comparing with gold, dollar notes are easy to carry, collect , transfer.  Gold probably is treated by them as reserve currency against dollar.
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December 05, 2015, 01:58:50 AM
#2
Only idiots connect ISIS with Bitcoin. They would get caught asap if they do, Bitcoin is only pseudo anonymous so secret services would have easy job to track their transactions.
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December 05, 2015, 01:42:59 AM
#1
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/world/isis-gold/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

A new article claims ISIS prefers gold bullion to any other currency...better they be associated with gold than with Bitcoin!
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