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April 08, 2014, 05:02:12 PM |
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The title is exaggerated. At one point in the show, one of the persons interviewed said (without citing any sources), I think 50 to 60% of all Bitcoin transactions are actually made within these gambling sites.
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April 08, 2014, 06:00:31 PM |
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The title is exaggerated. At one point in the show, one of the persons interviewed said (without citing any sources), I think 50 to 60% of all Bitcoin transactions are actually made within these gambling sites.
I sort of agree then again the source is The Stossel Show, which airs on the Fox Business Network That said not really sure if it up that high still at one point in time it was though “I think 50 to 60% of all Bitcoin transactions are actually made within these gambling sites,” she said. |
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April 08, 2014, 06:07:53 PM |
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This is actually good news, if it is true. Some people are claiming that most of the Bitcoins are used for buying illegal drugs. If more than half of them are in fact used for gambling, then it is clear that the former argument is false.
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April 08, 2014, 07:31:40 PM |
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This is actually good news, if it is true. Some people are claiming that most of the Bitcoins are used for buying illegal drugs. If more than half of them are in fact used for gambling, then it is clear that the former argument is false.
That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on... |
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April 08, 2014, 08:09:33 PM |
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50 to 60% seems a bit high and without any valid sources I'm assuming there's no weight to it. This is actually good news, if it is true. Some people are claiming that most of the Bitcoins are used for buying illegal drugs. If more than half of them are in fact used for gambling, then it is clear that the former argument is false.
That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on... Is any Bitcoin gambling illegal? |
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April 08, 2014, 09:35:06 PM |
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If this percentage is really true, then it is only a matter of time for the US government to use this against us...
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April 09, 2014, 02:06:19 AM |
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50 to 60% seems a bit high and without any valid sources I'm assuming there's no weight to it. This is actually good news, if it is true. Some people are claiming that most of the Bitcoins are used for buying illegal drugs. If more than half of them are in fact used for gambling, then it is clear that the former argument is false.
That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on... Is any Bitcoin gambling illegal? Grey area in the USA, but getting darker as the Gov moves in all around Bitcoin land. |
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April 09, 2014, 02:19:05 AM |
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That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on...
Legal or not, spending BTCs (and losing them) in gambling, is much more politically correct than using them to buy crack cocaine from Silk Road 2.0. |
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April 09, 2014, 02:22:28 AM |
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That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on...
Legal or not, spending BTCs (and losing them) in gambling, is much more politically correct than using them to buy crack cocaine from Silk Road 2.0. Why does politically correct matter to any free-thinking person? |
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April 09, 2014, 03:50:30 AM |
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That's probably only "good" if it's legal gambling going on...
Legal or not, spending BTCs (and losing them) in gambling, is much more politically correct than using them to buy crack cocaine from Silk Road 2.0. Off shot well 50-60% or not sometimes the Bitcoins go towards other things like Violins  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=561317.0That said it does make me curious what is the percentage going to gambling versus exchanges etc, although I guess it is easy enough to tag the ones with public notes |
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April 09, 2014, 04:59:23 AM |
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I think the real amount is 10-20% and the darkweb has about 10-20% as well, the other are for the other things. holding has the majority in my opinion.
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April 09, 2014, 08:26:39 AM |
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Why does politically correct matter to any free-thinking person?
It is not for us. But for the 90% of the population who don't have the ability to do free-thinking. |
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