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Hmm.. seem like more and more people are using Bitcoin in a bad way..

ISIS is using bitcoin for recruitment and fundraising reported a an Israeli cyber intelligence analyst.. Read more here - http://rt.com/usa/227703-bitcoin-isis-us-fundraising/.

I highly doubt that there are any significant amounts in BTC that they use.

And even if. When bad people use a tool that only proves one thing: That tool is useful and it works.

Everything that's useful and works will be used by bad people, using this to argue against that tool is either just ignorant stupidity or willful misinformation in the hopes that  ignorant and stupid people will pick it up.

I imagine ISIS uses the internet as well for it's funding and propaganda efforts and quite more successful than Bitcoin, probably even Facebook.

Should we shut down Facebook, because Terrorist use it?

More and more people are using Bitcoin, period.

Unfortunately, this also includes some bad people, yes. As with any development or novelty that offers massive improvement and advantages over the existing alternative.

This is another case of catchy title for an article, but if you read the bottom part:



So, so far we have some related cell asking for bitcoin donations, but no evidence of them receiving a single satoshi. Although this will probably happen sooner or later, such donations will be absolutely irrelevant to total IS funding.

Alright, if my first sentence provoke Bitcoin fan.. I apologize. I marked it with strike tag now.

I mean to say Bitcoin is begin used by many people including terrorists. I dont mean to invite trouble.

Terrorists are using WAY more dollars than bitcoins. What's the point?

It makes no difference whether it's ISIS or a charity that uses Bitcoin, it's here to stay whether people like it or not.

Not sure.. Well.. maybe they wanted to use something which do not require physical contact or personal information.

They pretty much control huge part of land, you can say they've got their own country. I don't think they'd be concerned about physical contact or personal info. And as per article, they would use bitcoin to raise USD (or other fiat).

I hope most people will see right through those bullshit news. Couple of comments from the RT site:

And way more oil than any other revenue stream.

Plot Twist!

All the new Ponzi schemes popping up on Gambling section are actually ISIS plan to get bitcoins.

ISIS also uses thousands, if not millions of dollars and other currencies. Why isn't that being reported?

Do they suddenly found someone that sells weapons in Bitcoin?

It's pretty obvious these kind of people are going to use Bitcoin, as it provides them an easy way to transfer funds, just like drug dealers did, but I seriously don't get the press's point when millions of units of fiat currency are used for crimes every week.

http://files.mellnik.com/tmp/isis.mp3

Before Bitcoin ISIS was using Fiat to do all their dirty work :P
Doesn't make it bad. Its just that bitcoin is better for them .

WTF. THats like making fun of their whole religion. Not cool.

1st alarm bell: source is 'Haaretz', another sensationalist un-objective media outlet calling themselves 'news' :p

But even if it were from a respected source, as others have said, just because they solicit Bitcoin says nothing about BTC. Just like it says nothing about the $ or € or whatever else that they raise.

Im sure that in the future, whatever 'middle east boogie monster' comes after these ISIS fuckers will be using even more BTC to raise funds than ISIS do today.
But at that stage hopefully BTC will be integrated more successfully in the west - and so it will be a mute point, just like the fact that ISIS and AlQ and the Taliban and the Northern Alliance and Hezbolah, Musharraf, Sisi etc etc etc all raise funds in $ (ie the dollar is integrated properly, so its not really a 'news' story).  

I think this has been happening since 2011. If it did not stop people then from using bitcoin, it certainly won't stop them now .
Its just a wrong use for a technology, just like you can use chemicals to make bombs.

FEDs /US Treasury ...would like that if they moved a lot of money via BTC ....easier to track BTC then a suitcase full of cash ..if you  passed the hat on in the usa fundraiser wise

just saying ...also last years treasury in front of congress pointed this out ...and did not beat up on BTC due to this fact..in that
cash was just as transparent or more so..also pointed out at least they could trace btc in a geographic and big picture kinda way at worst

a non issue imho but man that FUD sure can sell some papers and web ads your news site don't ya know!

Because the people spreading the negativity have an agenda, but also because the general public are sheeple. They don't want to listen to how you can buy drugs/guns/politicians/cp/bombs with fiat but seem to think its a big deal because you can buy some of these things with bitcoin too.

And another bad news for bitcoin  :-\

Your kidding me right ?

You guys seem more uneducated then the people(ISIS) who are doing this shit to give HUMANS a bad name.
Terror organization - ISIS - TALIBAN - AL-QAEDA - AFRICAN AND ASIAN GROUPS - YEMEN - have all been "dfund raising" in USD, EURO, GBP, AED, YEN, INR, RAY and many others.

Probably the percentage of them doing it in other currencies is 99% to bitcoin (if true) is 1%.

Use your head before even thinking of things like this, also do try to see the reality.

All these so called Terror Organizations have been incubated in washington. There is actual proof to that but no proof to ISIS using Btc to raise funds.

I swear sometimes peoples incompentency to understand reality surprises me.

Duke.

They both have pros and cons, but this just seems like they were fishing just to see if they could get any donations. Bitcoin certainly may make it easier for the casual person who doesn't know how to get money to terrorists and can be done pretty safely with bitcoin. Hopefully this doesn't become widespread, though.

inb4 Bitcoin is associated with peadophiles in msm on a daily basis.

Really! It's already hard to do most things with BTC in the US or anywhere in Europe, so I wonder what you could do with BTC in Syria or Irak where IS is.

It's sad to see stuff like this. Sure all publicity is good publicity but I hate to see Bitcoin mentioned with criminals so often.

What's the big deal? Terrorists also collect cash
Nobody disses cash because of that, do they?

One guy on a US website puts a Bitcoin address on a terrorist website and now somehow ISIS (the whole organization) is fundraising with bitcoins?

First of all, the address is open for anyone to trace.

The ISIS in Iraq actually get their funding by going into a city and stealing whatever they can by force.

The ISIS in Iraq is full of people that have no clue about technology and cannot even figure out how to flush a toilet (don't ask me how I know this).


Donate to this link and I will donate it to the US military:
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US Military fundraising(Bitcoin) in US

Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse

It is a real convenience for criminals, since the transaction is anonymous and difficult to trace. The fact that there is no real good way to trace it might trigger many regulatory concerns, so that regulators might either strictly classify it as a digital asset trade-able on regulated exchanges, or ban it and drive it underground

Would be funny if Bitcoin keeps crashing and they lose a chunk of the value ;D

Its a non-story. They will need all available methods and Bitcoin happens to be one.

Breaking news: Terrorists use cash too!

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Thank you for pointing this out. I would never play in a casino with dirty isis bitcoins...

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Huh? Did I miss anything? Or did you misunderstood something?

Isis sales the oil they have control on. Isis is using all the cash they stole in major banks. Why is bitcoin a target, and not oil or all that $$$ they are using to buy stuff to burn people alive and, now according to the UN, tools to make holes in the ground to bury children alive? They believe in the value of gold and silver, they do not consider any virtual anything compatible with their laws. Shouldn't gold bugs and silver bugs be under surveillance first instead of bitcoin? Maybe they already are...

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This is something that shouldn't be in the news at all.
It was never debatable that bitcoin network can/may be/will be used for (among other things) terrorist activity.

Like someone above already stated; Terrorists use USD also ! What are we doing regarding that fact?!
Drug dealers, child smuglers, terrorists .. they all use USD daily, what do u expect to do about it? Ban fiat ?

It all comes down to fight against misuse of financial goods, and the first thing i think that will get shut down are
services like bitmixer, that knowingly provide safe-heaven for shady activity, since bitcoin can't be shut down
easily like libertyreserve was.

cheers

The inclusion of "using bitcoin for recruitment" set my BS alarm bells ringing, that is such a loaded suggestion, to imply that BTC is somehow complicate in the clusterfuck. I have yet to see any evidence of this claim in this forum. IMO Its just another attempt by those who are afraid that the BTC and its community are cutting through both sides of the shit cake that Zionists and IS want to serve the world. BTC is neutral and transparent, a concept that neither of these sides can comprehend.



  

The guy, Abu Mustafa who allegedly posted a Bitcoin address on some ISIS forum was a prisoner in Abu Ghraib.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/abu-ghraib-remains-scar-on-u-s-war-efforts/

So maybe the story should be that the US horrible treatment of Iraqi prisoners has caused them to join ISIS.


Maybe the anti-Bitcoin reporters would like to report the anti-war story about how our attacks actually turn people into enemies.

They can't. The 'reporters' have to wait for a republican administration to be in power... So bitcoin be it!