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by swiley 1693 days ago
There has been malware that gave people addresses to mail cash to.
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The exception confirms the rule
Ransomware has been around since (at least) the 80s, long before bitcoin. https://www.knowbe4.com/aids-trojan
Completely ignoring that all of them now use Bitcoin as payment method.

Bitcoin makes it easier.

This expression makes my skin crawl everytime. It simply makes no sense.

(nothing personal, plenty of people use it but it is so illogical that it wild be unethical not to protest)