[arcticbull]

Well if crypto isn't good for crime anymore, what all good is it? That's the one use case it had on real money.

[bob1029]

Attempting to obfuscate the origins and destinations of funds involved in criminal conspiracies by using cryptocurrencies is quite a terrible life choice.

Running a literal laundromat for purposes of laundering money is still a far more viable criminal enterprise than anything involving technology.

[arcticbull]

Can't extort business owners with ransomware running a laundromat!

[rebuilder]

"To regain access to your files, insert exactly 502,20 USD in laundromat 4 at the self-service laundry on the corner of 5th and Union."

[arcticbull]

It's a little on the nose, but I would absolutely watch a TV series based on this concept.

[mywittyname]

I suspect most of these ransomware operators have the support of some government which turns a blind eye in return for a cut. There's not much value in tracking the BTC payments back to the same damn Russian bank who never seems to have any "evidence of such activities".

[jnwatson]

Bitcoin is bad for crime. Monero on the other hand...