I think no one can determine the actual number of people who use bitcoin. Becouse it so anonimously and one person could be have more than one wallet.
Some of the wallets (especially those in crypto-exchanges and investment sites) require a government issued ID. So one person will not be able to create more than one wallet. But that said, sites such as Blockchain.info and BTC-e require no ID information.
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Buying drugs with the bitcoin is for sure possible without any doubts, you can do it easily on the deepweb with the bitcoin these days.
I seriously doubt that after the fall of the original Silk Road, Silk Road 2, Black Market Reloaded and Sheep Marketplace, to name a few. Today, I think it's safe to assume that if you give an address to an online drug dealer you may as well just write a letter to the FBI that says, "can I haz some drugs pleazz". LOL The FBI has been trying to crack in to these marketplaces for some time. They were partially successful with Silk Road, but even after that they couldn't get any information on the buyers. These dark-markets are designed in such a way as to minimize the data breach to a bare minimum.
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Mark Karpeles tried to kill the Bitcoin and he was unsuccessful. Still, he received enormous amount of money and protection from the banking cartels for doing so. Despite stealing some $650 million, he is living a life of luxury in Japan, and no one has been successful in trying to prosecute him.
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Ballot paper will be 100 steps backward after the initial steps forward. I would still go the way of cryto but the issue is will people trust the software because that is what will make the procedure worthwhile. Paper ballot over here has been characterized with several drawbacks among which include snatching, mass thumb printing, maxi-voting etc.
Issues with ballot paper can be avoided if measures such as early voting and absentee voting are banned. Absentee voting is the main avenue for voter fraud these days. Remember the Franken vs Coleman race?
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Americans know how to make their own guns and ammo. There are books about it all over the place. ![Cool](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cool.gif) Americans are very serious about their gun ownership, unlike those brainwashed sheeple in Germany and the United Kingdom. You can't take the guns and bibles away from the Americans.
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Oh yes, I almost forgot about the commies!
The commies have been weakened recently. They are no longer a capable fighting force. The Battle of Macalangit was the last straw. Anyway... Duterte is now trying to enforce a ceasefire with them.
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Mariana Trench probably ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) It is a god option, but I don't know whether human life can be sustained at that depth. The water pressure will be overwhelming, and it will crush any human made structures within a short period of time.
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Right now Europe (or the European Union) is aligned with the United States and the Eurasia (i.e Russia and its allies) is aligned with China and the other eastern Asian countries. This is the best possible alignment.
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Crimea wasn't Ukrainian occupied territory, because Khruschew gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, so it's not occupation. And I think only Donbass region is similar to third world country.
Ukraine and Donbass were always third world nations. And with the recent civil war and the corruption by the Poroshenko regime, things have gone even worse. I have only one advice for them. Either merge with Russia or Poland. Things will get a bit better.
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If I lived through 8 years of Obama, you can definitely live through a Trump presidency. Trump could sit there and do absolutely nothing and still go down in the history books as better than Obama.
Absolutely right. Obama was the worst of them all. He doubled the federal debt in just 8 years (that is some 10 trillion USD worth of debt added from 2008 to 2016). That said... I have to say that Hillary could have been even worse.
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Studies prove, in places where the ownership of guns are highest, crimes are lowest.
I don't think that I could agree with that post. Normally, gun ownership is higher where the crime rates are also high. If the crime rates are low, then there is no need to purchase firearms (that said, in some of the US states such as Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, the gun ownership is extremely high despite the very low crime rates).
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Do you have any credible proof that the family controls all of these banks. These people who say that are wrong in my opinion, they give them too much power. Understand, they are human just like me and you. Regardless of who owns the banks, one thing is certain. If you let debt own you like a slave, you are in for a financial roller coaster ride. That is why I choose to not use credit cards for now.
It is pure rubbish. Do you really think that the Rothschild family owns banks such as the People’s Bank of China and the Central Bank of Cuba? If this guy claimed that some of the Western banks are controlled by Rothschild, then it would have been somewhat believable.
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Guys as we all know is a dangerous weapon and this what the government has control power over like in my country every has the right to punches gun for as long you are above the age of 18 but in my own opinion guns should be punches by men only who are above 45 years of age only cause these class of age can use it in a reasonable way
What sort of insane logic is this? I agree banning the ownership of guns by minors. But minors, mean anyone under the age of 18. Anyone above that age should have the right of gun ownership.
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Hell no! You don't know what stuff those other people may have been eating. I definitely wouldn't want to have kuru.
None of the foostuffs are 100% risk free. Kuru was caused by the eating of brain tissue, and the disease was confined to the Fore people (Papua New Guinea). Most of the Fore are now Christian, and they no longer practice funerary cannibalism. BTW... eating beef can cause the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, which is very similar to Kuru.
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Nowadays with the rise of the social media and broadband penetration, anyone can spread any sort of conspiracy theory. Dr. Russell Blaylock has not given any proof to back up his claim. According to the research, autism rates are the same for vaccinated and non-vaccinated children.
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Voting via the Internet does not give an objective picture. To rig the elections through the Internet much easier. You follow the example of Russia. There's always the election is a fraud. The same thing will happen in America. The Russians have already shown what they can do.
Perhaps that is the reason why the Democrats have always supported internet voting. Democrats normally score more than 90% of the votes in areas where Voter IDs are not required to cast the vote. Exactly. Paper ballots are the answer. Unless you go full crypto. But they won't do the latter. I prefer paper ballots. Crypto is a good idea. But I don't think that it can be implemented without any trouble in cities such as Detroit and San Diego, where the majority of the population are computer-illiterates.
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big/small drug lords are under surveilance. Some of them were already caught or dead. Like a mayor and his convoy were transporting high amounts of drugs fought back in a police road block. 1 drug lord was arrested in Abu Dhabi with the help of INTERPOL The most powerful and influential drug lords will never be caught. They will escape to the neighboring nations such as Thailand and Vietnam, and stay hidden there with the help of local politicians. Once Duterte is removed, they will return to Philippines and resume their business.
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Africa or a small island lost in the immensity of the ocean. There you will risk nothing. In Africa there's nothing to bomb and in the island no one will ever find you if you chose the good one. And even if, they won't bomb you.
With a population of over 1 billion, Africa represents one of the greatest reserves of manpower, for a potential world-wide conflict. So the warring sides will be attempting to remove this resource, by nuking Africa.
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Venezuelan is not switching to bitcoin in my opinion because of some reasons. First of all, bitcoin is not really accepted as a real currency yet by them. They don't want to use a cryptocurrency that has only been there for years as their national currency and government also don't want it since they can't control or impose tax on it easily. Finally, They want fiat to be their national currency, not a crypto currency.
Bitcoin is illegal in almost all of the Latin American nations. The governments are afraid of Bitcoin. The Latin American currencies always have the devaluation problem, and if alternatives such as the US Dollar and Bitcoin are available, then people will dump the local currency without a second thought.
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As the price goes up for bitcoins then that's an advantage for it. But I'm always thinking on two sides, because this price increase of bitcoin maybe is happening just for a while and for next year there is going to be a big down for it or else it is going to keep on pumping. Still I'm not removing my sight for these two investments.
Apart from the basic exchange rate, you need to look in to the other basics as well, if you are about to make an investment. For example, if you notice a sharp jump in the number of Bitcoin users, then it may be a good time to invest in BTC.
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