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References to each of your claims.

• loeg 14y ago
  Not OP, but I'll fill in the blanks for you: (1) Bubble: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-curre... (2) Fraud and Robberies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Theft_and_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Theft_and_fraud (3) Money laundering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(anonymous_marketplace) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(anonymous_marketpla... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Taxation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Taxation (4) Gambling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Gambling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Gambling (5) Ponzi Scheme: See "Bitcoin Savings and Trust" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Theft_and_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Theft_and_fraud Almost all of that was found in the Wikipedia article for Bitcoin (with citations). Please don't be too lazy to do your own research…
• mrb 14y ago
  I don't think api was criticizing Bitcoin. All these evil activities are very unfortunate, but on the other hand they are indicators that a currency is valued and liquid, which is a good thing in itself.
  • api 14y ago
    I was actually making a bit of humor, but it really is true. All these things are common to all forms of currency I know of, so it's sort of a sign of Bitcoin's coming of age.