Dark Net users as the new Threat?

[Pursuer]

I think almost most of us already heard about the Bitcoin trader that was forced to give his Bitcoin over a gunpoint. It is quite scary that criminals are now also Bitcoin as their sort of "money" although it isn't stable to be.

I also heard someone was mugged at gunpoint and the robbers took his "cash, jewelry, watch,..." and ran away. maybe you should also be worried that this mugging is a "threat" to watch companies, jewelry makers and the banks!

here is a pizza shop robber: http://www.wcvb.com/article/police-pizza-shop-robber-is-former-employee/15948334
maybe the "pizza industry is under threat" too

From government banning to these robbers,

how do you ban a robber (thief)? maybe you mean they ban robber (condoms)?

I'm starting to think that even those people dealing with illegal things from the dark net could be also the potential threat to all of us

these people have been dealing with illegal things for years before even bitcoin was invented! and they will continue doing so with cash and other ways of transferring money. why are you threatened by it?

including those hackers that could just track you with your IP within seconds.

WHAT?!!

I still don't have an experience touching the dark web, because it is really risky but I learned few things about it such as the Silk Market, snuff films, other things that are unimaginably messed up.

....none of which are new or even related to bitcoin!

Since Bitcoin is now growing and a lot of investors are already putting their money at risk in the cryptocurrency including all of us, will these people prove a real threat for all of us?

if they do, then they also prove a real threat to all of us at a higher level because they use cash a LOT more than they may use bitcoin and cash is used by ALL of us a LOT more than bitcoin.

[bct9t]

This is dangerous to use dark net.Many people use it as a easy way to use BTC at a dark side payment but it is illegal and harmful for regular BTC  user.
“Now, there are a few problems because it’s a decentralised network which means that it’s also a decentralised security. With new technology comes new risk.

[qwesasd]

I think if you do not dark network, you will not be tracked. The price of Bitcoin has soared, attracting not just potential investors, but also professional theft hackers that threaten us. So we should pay attention to safety, do not get your private key hackers.

In my opinion, the reason hackers choose to pay ransom for bitcoin is because Bitcoin not only has advantages over other traditional payment tools, but also is the best choice among other virtual currencies.

Hackers who choose bitcoin for ransom because of the anonymous nature of bitcoin can avoid being tracked by the government and can not find the source of the money, which is safe for them, which is why Bitcoin is so popular with criminals.

[alekseidanilov0803]

Hello everyone, share someone thinks! I did not even hear such a name, to be honest. Thank you!

[malikusama]

What you are expecting from cryptos? They are safe unless you disclose your details and private keys to anyother person. Even if you put your money inside the core of earth there are posssibilities that someone can steal it.
Its upto the person that how he/she can secure his/her money, don't point out the darknet market.
It's not that simple as you are stating, darkweb users can't easily trace the your ID through IPs. And if you are much afraid of it then better to use VPNs because we have variety of them to secure our network.

[jjacob]

I think almost most of us already heard about the Bitcoin trader that was forced to give his Bitcoin over a gunpoint. It is quite scary that criminals are now also Bitcoin as their sort of "money" although it isn't stable to be. Now this made me think of something even larger that could possibly be a potential threat to  all of us. From government banning to these robbers, I'm starting to think that even those people dealing with illegal things from the dark net could be also the potential threat to all of us including those hackers that could just track you with your IP within seconds. I still don't have an experience touching the dark web, because it is really risky but I learned few things about it such as the Silk Market, snuff films, other things that are unimaginably messed up. Since Bitcoin is now growing and a lot of investors are already putting their money at risk in the cryptocurrency including all of us, will these people prove a real threat for all of us? I am not trying to raise a fear here, as I am just curious what could possibly be a threat for us aside from the government that tries to ban cryptos.

Stop being alarmistic. If you are not afraid of hackers from the clear net (Internet), then there is no reason for you to fear hackers from the dark net. Follow clear privacy and security practices, ensure that all software is updated, have a firewall and effective anti-virus in place - then you should be safe.

[bug.lady]

It’s definitely someone that he has talked to or boast to about his earnings with bitcoins who has made this attack and robbery possible and since they came with a bitcoin address ready to receive the stolen bitcoins it means that this was definitely premeditated.

As far as I am informed that person who got robbed was a bitcoin trade company owner. Thus it was not rocket science to figure out he owned bitcoins.

The general advice people has been giving after that incident was to keep low profile (to stay under radar), and split your funds into small amount address (like checking) and your savings address. If it is possible, disclose the address with smallish amount to robbers (if the robbery actually takes place, that is).