RHollerith comments on Singularity Institute now accepts donations via Bitcoin

RHollerith 5 Mar 2011 14:46 UTC
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If you have evidence of the existence of electronic currencies heavily and successfully used by criminals and terrorists, will you please share?
- wedrifid 5 Mar 2011 21:19 UTC
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  If you have evidence of the existence of electronic currencies heavily and successfully used by criminals and terrorists, will you please share?
  
  This is not actually what I claimed.
  - RHollerith 5 Mar 2011 23:31 UTC
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    This is not actually what I claimed.
    
    OK. What did you claim, then?
    - wedrifid 6 Mar 2011 0:09 UTC
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      Pardon me, the word ‘could’ was missing, distorting my intended meaning. Edited.
      
      I claim that the for the purposes of criminal activities the existing more popular electronic currencies are just as effective as bitcoin would be.
      
      Now that you mention it I would claim that criminals use anonymous online currencies. Online currencies are notorious for money laundering. I have no idea what terrorists in particular currently do. Just what online resources they have available.