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by ceejayoz 4587 days ago
They already have. CryptoLocker is raking in tens of millions of Bitcoins as ransom payments.
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yebyen 4586 days ago
I think you mean tens of millions in bitcoins. There are not now (nor will there ever be), more than 2.1 tens of millions of bitcoins.
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ceejayoz 4586 days ago
You're right, sorry! Yes, tens of millions of dollars worth of BTC.
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hnha 4586 days ago
source please
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ceejayoz 4586 days ago
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/11/27/cryptolock...
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hnha 4585 days ago
That's not "millions of bitcoins"! Also just speculations. Aren't the used wallets known?
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