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A bitcoin that couldn’t be spent anywhere outside of e.g. China would be far less valuable than one that could be spent anywhere. At very least this would reduc
by bradleyjg 6y ago
A bitcoin that couldn’t be spent anywhere outside of e.g. China would be far less valuable than one that could be spent anywhere. At very least this would reduce the profitability of ransomware attacks.
- pinkybanana 6y agoHow much less valuable exactly would you estimate? These markets for dirty bitcoins probably already exist, I would guess. I think someone would swap dirty btc to clean with price like 10% or maybe 20%. For criminals that would be just the cost of laundering the coins.