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by thehappypm 1730 days ago
Why would that be hard? It's used for tons of illegal activity (ransomware as an example).
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satronaut 1730 days ago
Only .4% of bitcoin transactions are used for illegal activities.

It'd be hard because you'd have to find every single node and disconnect it from the internet, and something like 90% of Bitcoin nodes run over TOR

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TomSwirly 1730 days ago
> Only .4% of bitcoin transactions are used for illegal activities.

And you know this... how?

Did you know that 96% of statistics are made up on the spot?

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satronaut 1730 days ago
https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2021/01/20/chainalysis-crypto-ill...

Here's a source if you're curious

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thehappypm 1730 days ago
Ah yes, cryptonomist.ch. Such a reliable, and unbiased source!
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satronaut 1729 days ago
do you have a metric for what is reliable and unbiased? Any time I see an article on Bitcoin or altcoins on a MSM page its factually incorrect and heavily biased.

Also, can you provide an article showing that Bitcoin is used for "tons" (whatever percentage tons means) of illegal activity?

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thehappypm 1729 days ago
I think I’ll flip it around. Knowing that every major ransom ware attack in the last year has used Bitcoin, have there been any meaningful legal uses? Has anyone bought a pizza?
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thehappypm 1730 days ago
I'm sure the criminals are doing a great job of making sure that they look like they're in the 99.6%!
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