BBC Paints Dark Wallet as working directly with ISIS

[X7]

Pretty disgusting piece of drivel by BBC to be honest, on the upside we needed some bad news for the price to go back up... so fuck you and thank you! lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29283124

[JimminyCricket]

The BBC is a seriously biased organization. Nobody should view it as anything other than a propaganda machine.

http://biasedbbc.org

[robhimself]

The BBC is a seriously biased organization. Nobody should view it as anything other than a propaganda machine.

http://biasedbbc.org

A site called biased BBC is probably going to have a bias of their own, but I can't put a finger on what it would be...

[Lethn]

If you guys thought that the BBC was bad with Bitcoin you should have seen them 'reporting' on the Scottish referendum, expect more propaganda like this when Dark Wallet actually releases, there is also Storj coming which will definitely attract the attention of the government.

[gog1]

if BTC is proven to fund terrorist, this may be the end of it.

[Lethn]

Cryptocurrencies will never die while I still breathe.

[Elwar]

The drug war funds terrorism more than Bitcoin ever could.

[railzand]

if BTC is proven to fund terrorist, this may be the end of it.

The drug war funds terrorism more than Bitcoin ever could.

You're bears? Surely Bitcoin will fund everything or nothing.

Cryptocurrencies will never die while I still breathe.

Yes, it's gonna be some battle, with bitcoiners themselves being painted with these labels.

Right now, 20/09/2014, the governments are the terrorists, and bitcoiners want freedom from that.

[X7]

if BTC is proven to fund terrorist, this may be the end of it.

well BTC will always be worth at least 10$... because ill buy all @ that price lol  <3

[X7]

The drug war funds terrorism more than Bitcoin ever could.

IMO this bad new just saved Bitcoin lol

[duke1839]

Pretty disgusting piece of drivel by BBC to be honest, on the upside we needed some bad news for the price to go back up... so fuck you and thank you! lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29283124

Thanks for the link.  I was wondering why Amir disappeared from my Twitter feed.  Don't get too worked up when you see idiotic pieces of reporting like this.  I like watching it for the comedic effect of a reporter that thinks financial privacy is a controversial idea. 

[snarlpill]

Sad to see them choose to ignore all of the positive effects that something like DarkWallet could have, and instead only highlight and emphasize the possible negative effects. Interesting to see how they did not include Amir's quote of- "No, I don't like Isis." in the article. 

[WhatTheGox]

BBC are known for these kinda stunts, this was tame for the most part though.  Not sure why the guys let them in.

[toleng]

Sad to see them choose to ignore all of the positive effects that something like DarkWallet could have, and instead only highlight and emphasize the possible negative effects. Interesting to see how they did not include Amir's quote of- "No, I don't like Isis." in the article. 

Things like Dark Wallet will likely never pick up because of these potential connections. I think it was destined to fail before this article was written because it essentially caters to people who are doing illegal things. I think the same about darkcoin as wel

[jbrnt]

Terrorists use US dollars to buy guns, should be ban US dollars? Terrorists use the internet to communicate, ban the internet too. You cannot scrutinise everything that may be useful to them and ignore the benefits these tools can bring to other people.

[cafucafucafu]

Amir Taaki is a shia name. The same people that ISIS are trying to kill!

[Willisius]

What should we quote in the extremist image?
Hmm...didn't he say the word 'Allah' somewhere?
Go with that.

[aerobatic]

BBC are known for these kinda stunts, this was tame for the most part though.  Not sure why the guys let them in.

the BBC arent totally blameless.   Anarchists like Amir and Cody say things deliberately to maximise sensationalist headlines.  cody's probably the worst.. he goes out of his way to make the press paint him as the devil incarnate.  he wants 'cody's name in lights.   maximum publicity, and the more cartoon character maniacally evil he sounds, the more press he will get.   unfortunately for bitcoin, its bad press and paints bitcoin as the tool of criminals and terrorists.  whats good for cody and amir isnt good for the rest of us who want bitcoin to be taken seriously and widely adopted, which just wont happen if 'the people' think its just a tool for criminals and terrorists to launder money.

and doing your interviews from a 'squat' doesnt help your credibility either (for those who dont know, a squat is a 'stolen' building occupied by people who dont own it).  the uk has some archaic laws that give squatters certain rights that arent really appropriate in the modern age.  protest, sure.. but taking over someone else's building and calling it your own and not allowing the owners back in, and then pretending thats somehow a good thing, just isnt seen as the right thing to do.  bravo.  anti capitalists who are somehow backing the ultimate capitalist currency.  bit of an anathema.   ok, it was far worse when they were 'squattng' into families' homes when they went on holiday and came back to find someone else had broken in and changed the locks.. but luckily thats now illegal - only recently (after hundreds of years of being a legal loophole!)... but there's still a loophole allowing squatters to take over empty commercial buildings.  most likely this loophole will eventually get closed down, as that too cant possibly be seen as right.  you cant just walk into someone else's empty property - change the locks, and suddenly its yours.  makes a mockery of property ownership rights.   and it doesnt make it somehow 'just' and 'fair' because its owned by a company and not a person.  companies are still owned by shareholders.  shareholders are still people.  squatting is still stealing.  even if the ultimate owner is a corporation and not a person.

[shawshankinmate37927]

Pretty disgusting piece of drivel by BBC to be honest, on the upside we needed some bad news for the price to go back up... so fuck you and thank you! lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29283124

They conveniently failed to bring up the fact that terrorists also use technology like cell phones and automobiles, not to mention fiat cash.

[Bitcoinpro]

The price is not cheap yet at all, fees for small transactions are ridiculously expensive,