We don't do it in Bitcoin!

[Genemind]

That's actually one of the best characteristics of Bitcoin that we could also consider as its advantage. We can carry and use it everywhere digitally but what that guy did is really disgusting. He can't escape from taxation through his actions. However, we can't blame him because we don't know the whole story. He should have known how to convert and switch his gold to crypto.

[Artemis3]

Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report.

This is really disgusting when I first saw the headline of this news. Honestly, it's my first time to hear a news like this, since I thought I this is only happened in movies (some of in the movies are illegal drugs) or some happened in real but not gold.

Recently, this news became a little trend everywhere where they compare Bitcoin with Gold on this kind of situation, we all know Bitcoin is intangible, where it is not a physical. Since when you do it on Bitcoin, you don't need some physical things to shoved in your rectum or in any of your body.

What can you say about this?

No, this actually happens very often. From my country when things are normal (no pandemic) it was a common occurrence, a LOT of so called "mules" eat pure cocaine enclosed in latex glove fingers cut and sew. Sometimes these "fingers" break inside during the flight and kill the mule.

This smuggling method is also often used in prisons... I'm not sure if the TSA could catch it with their full body scanners, but since that's an American thing, people traveling from other countries, especially from the typical source - target destinations ie. South America to North America or Europe, often (but not always) with connection flights in a third country. Of course this is not the only way the cartels smuggle things in, but its a method they still use.

The guy was probably discovered because he would exhibit the same odd behavior drug mules often do.

Was someone still saying gold was better than bitcoin? In the physical realm, you always have these problems. Besides Bitcoin never moves, its always in the same place, it is you and your keys that move. The current legislation to restrict the flow of capital make no sense when there is no flowing going on at all. This is truly a world currency.

[Silberman]

"Plane passenger caught smuggling gold nuggets in rectum to avoid taxes." - nypost.com

Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report.

This is really disgusting when I first saw the headline of this news. Honestly, it's my first time to hear a news like this, since I thought I this is only happened in movies (some of in the movies are illegal drugs) or some happened in real but not gold.

Recently, this news became a little trend everywhere where they compare Bitcoin with Gold on this kind of situation, we all know Bitcoin is intangible, where it is not a physical. Since when you do it on Bitcoin, you don't need some physical things to shoved in your rectum or in any of your body.

What can you say about this?

We were talking about something similar some time ago on the Spanish section of the forum about the issues of moving your gold when travelling to different countries and how bitcoin was better at this, but what I do not understand is why this person did not disguised the gold? It could have been the easiest thing in the world to make that gold a piece of jewelry and if that still brought too much attention then he could have just painted it black or some other colour and claim it was made from a cheap material if asked about it, while I for the most part advice people to follow the laws in each country a 18% tax is simply ridiculous, however most likely the gold was not his as other person was caught doing the same thing on the same plane and the odds of that happening by chance are very low.

[ChrisPop]

I wonder what his face was when he got caught.  

This is another example that people can do illegal activities with any kind of asset or money. So let's stop being afraid that the governments will ban Bitcoin because people use it for illegal activities. If they wanted to ban it for this reason, I'm sure they would have done it a long time ago.

[Xembin]

Many people are using gold to compare bitcoin which is just few years older in the world. Gold is the oldest than bitcoin in the world. Many people still prefer gold than bitcoin because it's centralized which many people are use to gold in the market. Bitcoin is a decentralized is not control by the government and you don't pay any taxes to government before joining the forum. Your bitcoin is your bitcoin when your wallet is well secure from scammer.

[CarnagexD]

That's actually one of the best characteristics of Bitcoin that we could also consider as its advantage. We can carry and use it everywhere digitally but what that guy did is really disgusting. He can't escape from taxation through his actions. However, we can't blame him because we don't know the whole story. He should have known how to convert and switch his gold to crypto.

I wouldn't want to stuff my ass with precious gold just to pass customs. This is one of the biggest benefits of Bitcoin I must say. You don't need to worry about leaving your riches elsewhere since you can carry it all around with you long as you have your address. Although it is also a flaw as bitcoin is not intended to be used as a money alternative, at least for this moment.

[TheGreatPython]

We all know that Bitcoin is accessible from anywhere around the world so shoving it up your ass is a no, no . It’s only physical/tangible assets that people are going to do such with, and just like you (op) this is the first time I’m seeing this kind of news, but I have been seeing news of people that will have cocaine stuffed in their body and once they get to their destination it would be removed and sold (crazy stories) and now it’s gold that people are doing next? Weird .

If it was Bitcoin, wherever you are you can easily have access to it as long as you have the password, the keys, and your email, whatever that is required for you to access that wallet.

[Yatsan]

It is kinda weird hearing or reading such news for seriously such kind of action are mostly seen on televised shows to showcase how smuggled goods and services, money and drugs are being secretly packed inside the body of the individual to be able to surpass the strict checking for the immigration being done on airports. Sounds weird but it is actually being done on real life for those individuals that are being caught carrying illegal objects across nations are the recruited ones to do the dirty job under a big boss. Sound like really a live movie action.

Being intangible, meaning having no physical form that would be get rid of being bulky and hassle to get access is a good feature or characteristic that Bitcoin do possess because you can carry out any amount on any device you do have anytime and anywhere seamlessly fast and no hassle. But such feature is the one being taken advantage by criminals on making use of Bitcoin because of such feature and using it into their illegal activities.

[adzino]

"Plane passenger caught smuggling gold nuggets in rectum to avoid taxes." - nypost.com

Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report.

This is really disgusting when I first saw the headline of this news. Honestly, it's my first time to hear a news like this, since I thought I this is only happened in movies (some of in the movies are illegal drugs) or some happened in real but not gold.

Recently, this news became a little trend everywhere where they compare Bitcoin with Gold on this kind of situation, we all know Bitcoin is intangible, where it is not a physical. Since when you do it on Bitcoin, you don't need some physical things to shoved in your rectum or in any of your body.

What can you say about this?

How come this is the first time you are hearing about this? People used to smuggle drugs the exact same way. I have also heard human traffickers doing the same with the those poor people they snatch. There were a lot of documentaries that aired where where people get caught for doing those. Sadly, most of them do this as a last resort to survive.
Just a bit confused, what are you trying to related over here with bitcoin? Are you trying to say we don't need to shove bitcoin up our ass to evade taxes? Bad example.

[Oceat]

I wonder what his face was when he got caught.  

This is another example that people can do illegal activities with any kind of asset or money. So let's stop being afraid that the governments will ban Bitcoin because people use it for illegal activities. If they wanted to ban it for this reason, I'm sure they would have done it a long time ago.

I can't imagine someone's face while walking with two pounds inside their body, can you imagine the weight?

Anyway, the government can't ban Bitcoin since no one is controlling it but they can ban people from using or trading it to fiat but that's just it, nothing to worry. People could still use it secretly since Bitcoin is decentralized and no one is controlling it especially with wallet addresses. On the other hand, I think most of the government are trying to take the chance to adapt the new technology, therefore, they slowly adapting the blockchain technology.

[tanjiran]

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Anyway, the government can't ban Bitcoin since no one is controlling it but they can ban people from using or trading it to fiat but that's just it, nothing to worry. People could still use it secretly since Bitcoin is decentralized and no one is controlling it especially with wallet addresses. On the other hand, I think most of the government are trying to take the chance to adapt the new technology, therefore, they slowly adapting the blockchain technology.

some governments have adapted crypto in a way that they can best manage. Well, even though there are many pros and cons, it cannot be denied that bitcoin provides a very good evolution in the modern financial system. There are many obstacles that can be overcome by crypto regarding the conventional financial system, there are only a few points that make it an opportunity to be used as an illegal act. That's why the government is trying to limit crypto adoption in order to control the worst possibility of illegal activity. So the government cannot completely ban it, because on the other hand crypto, especially bitcoin, provides a big advantage.

[ChiBitCTy]

Lol this is funny as hell first of all.  Once again we are seeing the comparison of bitcoin and gold by you and by the news you're talking about.  They are very different things that happen to have a few of the same qualities.  I honestly applaud the guy for trying.  Some of the worlds countries taxes are so god damn high and unfair, if you pay your due and then some..fuck them I have no problem with this.  I guess this is one positive over gold though if you are comparing, I'd rather sneak nothing up my butt but keep a number stored in my head lol.

[Buttermellow]

LOL, bitcoin is just being stored electrinically in device or it could also be done in writing it to paper or a print of details to access the wallet. There is no need to place like gold in the rectum that so gross.

If only that guy knows about bitcoin then he can get his gold sold and buy bitcoin. It will make his life more comfortable and away from getting pain or infections from the material things that inserted to rectum. LOL

This is actually funny but I can't also get worried with that guy after he had done those things. The worst is that he was caught so sad.

[Serious475]

I didn't expect that some people are doing this I thought too this is just from the newbies that they are eating or putting the different items on their bodies. I think the reason is they must need to transfer the items safely because most of the transportation today has a different scanner. But if you want to transfer with the use of money I think bitcoin is the most efficient way to have this kind of transaction.

This story gives me goosebumps lol. Our countries should stop these people to make bad.

[lienfaye]

I cant imagine how much it hurts having gold placed in your rectum.

Well its all for money, they're doing this kind of thing for money.
They dont want to find a decent job and chose to live the easy way they think that could get them lots of money.

Good thing bitcoin is digital and requires a user to understand how it works to know the ways on how to take advantage it to earn as an investment.

[Gotumoot]

I cant imagine how much it hurts having gold placed in your rectum.

Well its all for money, they're doing this kind of thing for money.
They dont want to find a decent job and chose to live the easy way they think that could get them lots of money.

Good thing bitcoin is digital and requires a user to understand how it works to know the ways on how to take advantage it to earn as an investment.

Well some of them doesn't really have a choice I remember watching a real life story about an OFW who was forced to be a drug mule.
I don't really remember it well but I think the group has his passport and every document and it would only be given to him when he would go to the plane.
There are some who are force to be a drug mule in order to save their life or get home to their love ones since they work abroad.

[AniviaBtc]

"Plane passenger caught smuggling gold nuggets in rectum to avoid taxes." - nypost.com

Indian airport authorities literally struck gold when they spotted a man walking oddly — and discovered he had about 2 pounds in bullion shoved into his rectum, according to a report.

This is really disgusting when I first saw the headline of this news. Honestly, it's my first time to hear a news like this, since I thought I this is only happened in movies (some of in the movies are illegal drugs) or some happened in real but not gold.

Recently, this news became a little trend everywhere where they compare Bitcoin with Gold on this kind of situation, we all know Bitcoin is intangible, where it is not a physical. Since when you do it on Bitcoin, you don't need some physical things to shoved in your rectum or in any of your body.

What can you say about this?

The only similarity between gold and bitcoin is that they are both good as an asset for investments.

But we all know that bitcoin can be stored in a digital wallet which is much safer and easier to carry compared to gold that is tangible and can be carried in a different way. Bitcoin will never be placed in a rectum just like what the man did to gold because we have different crypto wallet that we must use to store bitcoin safely and less hassle.

Any device will do to help you access your bitcoin so this situation will never happen to those bitcoin users because gold is gold and bitcoin is bitcoin.

[traderethereum]

Yikes, that is what's in my head.
Bitcoin and gold are totally different. Gold has a form, while bitcoin doesn't have a form, but we can store bitcoin on our mobile phones while traveling to other places.
But we don't have to be that passenger to avoid taxes because so far, bitcoin is not taxed when we store in our wallet, whether it's a mobile phone or other bitcoin wallets.
But if the wallet hardware will get taxes and worry about that, you can shove your wallet in your rectum like that passenger, so you don't have to pay any taxes.
I wonder why he wants to do that? Maybe he is a smuggler who wants to send gold to another place.
But shove that gold in his rectum is not a good idea.
But ... once again, yikes.

[elisabetheva]

This are some of the advantages Bitcoin have over some commodities like gold, you don't need to carry it or hide it because it's not a physical product. Also this a disadvantage because criminals can easily send money from one point to another.

what the government is afraid of is that bitcoin can be used as a tool to commit illegal acts. corruption and drug trafficking can use bitcoin for transactions and this will make it difficult to trace them. this is a separate issue that must be considered.

[dansus021]

Lol, I just saw this news yesterday.

I wonder how the heck did he smuggle those neavy gold bars in his ass without looking like he just took the biggest shit in his life?

Ewww Crazy look at those gold bar and yep i think its disgusting if i were the smuggler i try to sell the gold with cash and exchange it to bitcoin or just wire transfer it via western union  or carry the cash its more simple right hahah