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He says "It is btw a Ponzi game and a conduit for criminal/illegal activities" Bitcoin's first "killer app" was clearly silk road which was doing ~$40m/yr (1)
by aresant 13y ago
He says "It is btw a Ponzi game and a conduit for criminal/illegal activities"
Bitcoin's first "killer app" was clearly silk road which was doing ~$40m/yr (1) and the criminal economy for drugs alone is in excess of $320 billion (2).
If you were to model a future where BC's primary use is for criminal/illegal activities I wonder what the value would look like?
Of course providing the allowance that the Overstock's / pubs / merchants continue to provide the smokescreen to allow BC's to be socially / regulatory acceptable.
(1) http://www.dailydot.com/business/silk-road-monthly-sales-black-market-drugs-study/ http://www.dailydot.com/business/silk-road-monthly-sales-bla...
(2) https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/organized-crime.html https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/organized-crime.html