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1  Bitcoin / Press / [2018-08-07] Bitcoin Speculators, Not Drug Dealers, Dominate Crypto Use Now on: August 07, 2018, 12:52:16 PM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/bitcoin-speculators-not-drug-dealers-dominate-crypto-use-now

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The ratio of legal to illegal activity in Bitcoin has flipped, according to Lilita Infante at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

When Infante started seeing the Bitcoin pop up in her cases at the DEA five years ago, her analysis of blockchain data showed criminal activity was behind about 90 percent of transactions in the cryptocurrency. Now, illegal activity has shrunk to about 10 percent and speculation has become the dominant driver, she said.

That doesn’t mean criminals stopped using Bitcoin. Total transaction volume associated with illegal uses has surged since 2013, said Infante, who is a DEA special agent and part of the 10-person Cyber Investigative Task Force. The team focuses on dark web and virtual-currency related investigations and collaborates with other Department of Justice units including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“The volume has grown tremendously, the amount of transactions and the dollar value has grown tremendously over the years in criminal activity, but the ratio has decreased,’’ she said in an interview at her office in Weston, Florida. “The majority of transactions are used for price speculation.’’

Infante’s findings contradict the popular perception that Bitcoin is mostly being used by criminals such as the notorious Dread Pirate Roberts, but also show that the underground market is one of the biggest groups of people using Bitcoin for its actual features rather than its price gyrations. Transactions are pseudonymous, so not easily traceable, while a decentralized ledger eliminates the need for banks and governments, and also means there’s no company that can be subpoenaed in an investigation.


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At least they've come around now and are not just needlessly slandering and smearing bitcoin by highlighting its use by criminals.
2  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / How to send to multiple recipients from Ledger or Blockchain.info? on: January 29, 2018, 11:55:28 AM
Hi. Does anyone know how to send to multiple addresses in one transaction from either a Ledger or blockchain.info wallet? It used to be quite simple to do with bc.info but can't seem to see the option now. Can't find any way to do it on the ledger wallet either.

Thanks in advance.
3  Other / Meta / Can posts be 'saved' if they don't succesfully go through on: December 19, 2013, 11:04:24 AM
I was just wondering if a feature could be implemented when if you post within your allowed timeframe your post would be saved, as when you click back your text has gone. I usually ctrl and c them just in case, but sometimes I forget. Pretty annoying to have to re-type out your messages.
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