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Ransomware existed before Bitcoin, generally using something like Western Union. Bitcoin just became preferred is all. In no way did it "enable" ransomware to

• wfunction 9y ago
  > Bitcoin just became preferred is all. In no way did it "enable" ransomware to exist, it simply lowered the bar Would love to know where the heck you pulled the quoted "enable" from, because it certainly wasn't from my post. And you say "it simply lowered the bar" as if that's somehow insignificant. Actually, it's the entire freaking point. There's orders of magnitude difference between the two. We're not proving undecidability here...