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> but the network would never stop, it would serve the black market exclusively All the computers required to keep Bitcoin running would be an easy target for
by leereeves 9y ago
> but the network would never stop, it would serve the black market exclusively
All the computers required to keep Bitcoin running would be an easy target for law enforcement.
- wyldfire 9y agoshrug, difficulty adjusts, asics get smaller, cooler, enclosures designed differently, miners hide them in drywall or wherever we hide prohibited stuff these days.
- and0 9y agoImagining the scene from the end of Goodfellas, with Lorraine Bracco flushing handfuls of asics down the toilet.
- leereeves 9y agoIf Bitcoin becomes such a fringe currency that only criminals use it, what value will it have? Even criminals need to trade for legitimate goods.
- owebmaster 9y agoCriminals have customers so their customers would exchange his money for BTC with another criminal before. I guess it is pretty much like how it works today.
- stale2002 9y agoSo now law enforcement has to shut down every Bitcoin node in the world, including the ones that are run exclusively on tor in 3rd world countries, AND shut now any new ones that pop up?