Better than "GOLD" for criminals, BTC is easier to steal; Easier to scam; PPL lock their gold up, keep their mouth shut, gold lasts forever;
Well, I do agree with your comment. Without going into the technical nitty-gritties, I can say that bitcoin has made the life of a scammer much easier. Now they don't have to worry about going through the banking channel to launder money or to receive the criminal proceedings. This statement is not only true for bitcoin but for other cryptocurrencies which has enough liquidity available. So there is no surprise that the cyber criminals are trying to use cryptos only. Much easier to receive the dirty money and much easier to hide from the eyes of enforcement agencies.
But, that doesn't make bitcoin look bad. Right now bitcoin is a hot topic so people are using it and promoting it. It one fine morning, if we find something hotter, we will move to it. That's the normal flow of life.
Bitcoin can be considered as a two-edged sword...it is bringing many new possibilities but also some disadvantages and weaknesses that criminals or evil people can use to exploit. Hackers are evolving with the time and when they are seeing a good opportunity they rush into it like a blood-sucking worm. On the other hand, there are also disadvantages for criminals to be always using cryptocurrency because the record of all transactions are permanent and if there can be a way to track the owners of those wallets then they can be facing a big problem. The bottom-line is that there is no such a thing as a perfect system or a perfect investment for that matter...and why we might ask? Because of human nature. Nobody is proclaiming that Bitcoin is perfect...no it is not but neither is gold.