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by thehappypm 1730 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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Where's your source for that? Is there a metric to define a ransomware attack as "major", and a verifiable list to show the amount and means of payment?

Bitcoin is used daily for remittance payments, which is huge since it's way cheaper than sending money through western mutual

There's also Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador which is a bitcoin only circular economy

Paxful provides a service for people to trade gift cards for Bitcoin