Bitcoin is for criminals - Or so they say.

[isvicre]

It's what sells news and gets readers.  That's the problem with 24/7 news, you're expected to churn out content all the time.

Man buys keyboard for bitcoin doesn't attract readers.

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[Pursuer]

for many years from the invention of bitcoin the media has been running this propaganda against bitcoin to ruin its good image in the minds of the users so desperately to try and prevent its growth. but so far the only thing they could achieve is to slow it down. bitcoin is still growing strongly and moving forward.

well just curious they doing it for the sake of what, if the media were have no connection with any financial thing or government,maybe they just need a clickbait news so they'll get so many visitor beside destroying bitcoin

I think it is two reasons and it mostly depends on what news site you are talking about.
I believe all these news sites are either
1) posting things that only LOOK HOT so they can attract the most attention (aka click-bait) so they get the most clicks and can earn the most profit because of their CPM ads.
2) they may be some agenda behind what they are doing, like spreading some FUD about bitcoin to pump ethereum which happens a lot these days. or some of them are linked to banks and government.

[Nahl]

i believe some people has blame bitcoin for criminals actions because bitcoin have good feature who liked by the criminals too such as anonymity but in my country i didn't see any bad guys using bitcoin for their criminal acts and i don't understand why they only blame bitcoin will using by illegal activities because long time ago before bitcoin was born the criminals has already using another currency for their activities

[pereira4]

I just saw on the news again another article on ISIS using Bitcoins to buy weapons, yet no one is saying the obvious: Cash is the number one used tool to get weapons, not to mention art and oil most of the time delivered by western countries.

[Kprawn]

I just saw on the news again another article on ISIS using Bitcoins to buy weapons, yet no one is saying the obvious: Cash is the number one used tool to get weapons, not to mention art and oil most of the time delivered by western countries.

This is my point exactly... those terrorist use the internet to spread their propaganda and nobody is blaming the internet, but it's still one of their tools. Bitcoin has been under the spotlight long enough,

and we must take a stand against this or we will go down in history as the technology preferred by criminals. This being true or not, do not mind here... because many people are being deceived and

most of them are starting to believe it. Go onto every forum and news site and challenge these idiots, and you will see a difference... these people do this {spreading wrong information} without being

challenged... and we need to go against this trend and debunk this nonsense. 

[crairezx20]

I just saw on the news again another article on ISIS using Bitcoins to buy weapons, yet no one is saying the obvious: Cash is the number one used tool to get weapons, not to mention art and oil most of the time delivered by western countries.

This is my point exactly... those terrorist use the internet to spread their propaganda and nobody is blaming the internet, but it's still one of their tools. Bitcoin has been under the spotlight long enough,

and we must take a stand against this or we will go down in history as the technology preferred by criminals. This being true or not, do not mind here... because many people are being deceived and

most of them are starting to believe it. Go onto every forum and news site and challenge these idiots, and you will see a difference... these people do this {spreading wrong information} without being

challenged... and we need to go against this trend and debunk this nonsense. 

Yeah right this is i think also the problem here in my country terrorist we dont know wy they are still have a weapon and how they are get those weapon.
Because of internet anytime they can transfer money or use it to by illegal weapon online...

[Dudeperfect]

Actually they are misunderstanding it. If a knife is useful for cutting fruits then it is also used by criminals to threaten people so according to them ‘knife is for criminals’ is it right? Of course not.

Yes, bitcoin is anonymous, global, user friendly and most importantly free from third party control so let’s be honest, it could be good for criminals but we should really find a solution instead of destroying it.  I am assuming the number of criminals using bitcoin is too small right now and the worst thing is we can’t trace them. We should come up with better solution for it otherwise things can go out of control.

[OrangeII]

bitcoin goal made not for the criminal, but to make transactions on the Internet becomes faster, and better. I think if you compare between bitcoin transaction with another tool, then you might choose bitcoin as a means of transactions on the Internet, because bitcoin is an excellent means of transaction, although many people who use it for illegal transactions

[gtglener]

W should not have to blame bitcoin for crimes around us, bitcoin is a currency and criminals use any currency which they find convenient for their use, by the way in my country only those people use bitcoin who are educated and those educated people do not like crimes, while those who love crimes are uneducated and do not know about bitcoin and its technology.

[rababo]

Criminals are using bitcoin for doing transaction because bitcoin anonymity, that way officers will be hard to track them. Those actions made bitcoin has bad reputation.
If this keeps continue, I'm afraid people will avoid bitcoin and make bitcoin lost it's popularity.
Even that so, I believe, there more good users than the bad ones.

[plpbtc1526]

Criminals now is making a progress now. They can use technology to do crimes and i guess the bitcoin is their perfect choice to do such a crime. We all know bitcoin has a anonimity feature so they  can use that as a tool to be not exposed. They can buy goods and other stuff with ease you this. Im not a criminal but i prefer to use bitcoin coz it.is the fastest way to tranfer and easy to accept by other countries.

[Decoded]

Criminals now is making a progress now. They can use technology to do crimes and i guess the bitcoin is their perfect choice to do such a crime. We all know bitcoin has a anonimity feature so they  can use that as a tool to be not exposed. They can buy goods and other stuff with ease you this. Im not a criminal but i prefer to use bitcoin coz it.is the fastest way to tranfer and easy to accept by other countries.

Nope. There are altcoins way easier to keep business private with. A criminal would be out of their mind to use bitcoin. It's surprisingly easy to track.

There are altcoins with more stable value, stronger cryptography, faster blocks, and fully anonymous out there that are free for the taking, like Monero.

[groll]

It's what sells news and gets readers.  That's the problem with 24/7 news, you're expected to churn out content all the time.

Man buys keyboard for bitcoin doesn't attract readers.

Thats what the people are always doing. When you do something good they dont notic it but only one single mistake and all your good efforts will be buried 10 feet below the ground. This applies to bitcoin also, the usefulness of bitcoin was stained by the nefarious activities of some and then that single stain will be the focus of attention and will gain more attention.

[Jemzx00]

Well yes it can be for criminals due to its anonymity but now i don't think so since there's a lot of things now that keeps bitcoin away from those kind of people. But it's not only for criminals for all people whether they're good or bad.

[JeffBrad12]

I just saw on the news again another article on ISIS using Bitcoins to buy weapons, yet no one is saying the obvious: Cash is the number one used tool to get weapons, not to mention art and oil most of the time delivered by western countries.

This is my point exactly... those terrorist use the internet to spread their propaganda and nobody is blaming the internet, but it's still one of their tools. Bitcoin has been under the spotlight long enough,

and we must take a stand against this or we will go down in history as the technology preferred by criminals. This being true or not, do not mind here... because many people are being deceived and

most of them are starting to believe it. Go onto every forum and news site and challenge these idiots, and you will see a difference... these people do this {spreading wrong information} without being

challenged... and we need to go against this trend and debunk this nonsense. 

Yeah right this is i think also the problem here in my country terrorist we dont know wy they are still have a weapon and how they are get those weapon.
Because of internet anytime they can transfer money or use it to by illegal weapon online...

Maybe there are another parties in their background to supply their weapons and funds, because in some cases in my country the terrorist is always charming a man to getting a funds for their live or rob.

[xuan87]

I think its not true, we only heard the news from rumor that bitcoin is used for buying weapons, drugs or any illegal stuff, but they dont really have the data or the real number and not all bitcoin is use for bad purpose there is decent people try to make a living using bitcoin in honest way by selling stuff or service online

[hawkins]

I think its not true, we only heard the news from rumor that bitcoin is used for buying weapons, drugs or any illegal stuff, but they dont really have the data or the real number and not all bitcoin is use for bad purpose there is decent people try to make a living using bitcoin in honest way by selling stuff or service online

I guess they do not have any data about it because the transaction was done illegally. bitcoin is not made for a criminal, but I guess the sophistication of this technology makes it a perfect tool for the transaction criminals. I think bitcoin has long been used as a means of transaction as it was in the deep web.

[JaHitler]

Bitcoin isnt omly for criminals that isnt true anc it will never be.Most butcoin criminals are admin of scam online every kind of investemnts ponzi scheme sites.

[lister storm]

It's what sells news and gets readers.  That's the problem with 24/7 news, you're expected to churn out content all the time.

Man buys keyboard for bitcoin doesn't attract readers.

yeah, people are keen on hearing negative news about stuff and bitcoin is not any kind of exception unfortunately, we just need to get through all this hate right now

[Raimonn]

The news sites only show the bad news about bitcoin. And they didn't explain than more than 90% of criminals don't use bitcoins, the % of drugs sold for bitcoin is small, most users pay with dollars or its national fiat money.