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[jojo69]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

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[bones261]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

Dumb, why would you use transactions that are recorded on a distributed public ledger to transfer funds to ISIS? Guess this lady won't be seeing the light of day ever again.

[luckygenough56]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

What is Bitcoin?

It has been exploited by criminals to launder money.

I laughed at such a simplistic definition  

[jojo69]

"it can't be used to pay for traditional goods and services"

[JimboToronto]

What is Bitcoin?

It has been exploited by criminals to launder money.

I laughed at such a simplistic definition  

What are banks?

They have been used by criminals to launder money.

 

[Elwar]

If bitcoins are being used to fund ISIS I might as well just sell it all and give all of the money to the US government.

[modrobert]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

You can also move cash in a bag.

Thinking of ISIS, this just in:

Before becoming a significant leader in ISIS, Abu Omar al-Shishani had been in the Georgian military and was trained by the US.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-us-trained-pied-piper-of-chechen-recruits-to-the-islamic-state-group/

[Wekkel]

He's got a point about the handfull of half working exchanges.

It has never been otherwise.

Growing pains.

Inevitably Wealth Transfer incoming 

[HairyMaclairy]

Oops BCH fell off third again. Pump incoming. 

[Elwar]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

You can also move cash in a bag.

Thinking of ISIS, this just in:

Before becoming a significant leader in ISIS, Abu Omar al-Shishani had been in the Georgian military and was trained by the US.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-us-trained-pied-piper-of-chechen-recruits-to-the-islamic-state-group/

This just in?

We've known the US is arming ISIS for years now.

[JimboToronto]

Holy Stamp wall Batman.

Wu/Ver?

edit: pulled

[HairyMaclairy]

Holy Stamp wall Batman.

Wu/Ver?

edit: pulled

Must be Halloween cause that was spooky.

[HairyMaclairy]

Will Vitalik congratulate Ripple if XRP overtake ETH?

[Phil_S]

You can also move cash in a bag.

What are bags?

They have been used by criminals to move cash.

[kurious]

Net neutrality sold off to the corporations..?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/net-neutrality-fcc-rules-open-internet?

[modrobert]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say

all aboard the FUD train

You can also move cash in a bag.

Thinking of ISIS, this just in:

Before becoming a significant leader in ISIS, Abu Omar al-Shishani had been in the Georgian military and was trained by the US.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-us-trained-pied-piper-of-chechen-recruits-to-the-islamic-state-group/

This just in?

We've known the US is arming ISIS for years now.

Yes, my mistake, got tricked by recent Twitter post, article is old news.

You can also move cash in a bag.

What are bags?

They have been used by criminals to move cash.

Cash can be used to pay anonymously.  

[mymenace]

Net neutrality sold off to the corporations..?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/net-neutrality-fcc-rules-open-internet?

the business model of the new millennia

payment models that rely on the stupidity of the masses

[HairyMaclairy]

You can’t keep a good badger down.

[SecondLeoTheSecond]

You can’t keep a good badger down.

We'll see about that.
Normally you also can't keep a good badger up.

The last week has been suspiciously quiet

[kurious]

Net neutrality sold off to the corporations..?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/net-neutrality-fcc-rules-open-internet?

the business model of the new millennia

payment models that rely on the stupidity of the masses

I am just surprised that here of all places, no one seems to be concerned about the possibility of corporations effectively restricting what is and isn't 'allowed' on the net if they control it.