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by mehrdadn 2720 days ago
How long will it be until people realize cryptocurrency is a problem?
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Yes, cryptocurrency is clearly to blame for kidnappings. It's not like we ever had kidnappings before Bitcoin.
Is that I said though? You think the existence of cryptocurrency plays no part in facilitating ransom demands?
Yeah, so does existence of any spoken and/or written language. Without them, you'd actually have to come to the person, and explain the demand with signs like in a game of charades.
You do realize that kidnappings happened before bitcoin, right?
Any tool is amoral. Can be used for good or bad.