I think the fears about black market Bitcoin/etc. use are unfounded. Criminals need to pay rent and buy food like anyone else; they even pay taxes. The black

I think the fears about black market Bitcoin/etc. use are unfounded. Criminals need to pay rent and buy food like anyone else; they even pay taxes. The black market adoption of Bitcoin should more or less track the legal adoption of Bitcoin. People get hung up on The Silk Road. That is not even a blip on the radar of recreational drug trafficking or any other black market activity.