is the only point of bitcoin drugs??

[Mr. Burns]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

[Flashman]

Yes and we have the precedent of how they shut down the internet in 1998 when it was only for porn.

[bitboy11]

Mr. Burns...Are you attempting to burn Bitcoin?
Why such a snide remark

[rax]

Yes, it is.

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

[OROBTC]

...

Gold (and on occasion platinum) payable in Bitcoin is available from at least four companies.

Once you can get gold in (many) other countries with BTC, now you're talking!  Adios capital controls, at least until "they" figure out how to shut THAT down.

[BreathOfZen]

You can also use it to store your files:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=916642.0

[Bit_Happy]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

Bitcoin can be about many types of freedom, not just "drugs".

[flipstyle]

lolwat.

[fonenumba]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

There are probably 100's of other legit uses for bitcoin other then to buy and sell (illegal) drugs.

For one, bitcoin offers much greater privacy then what fiat will generally allow. It will also make it very difficult for anyone to force-ably take your money from you

[tokeweed]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

yes. ok, we use dollar.

[tokeweed]

Yes, it is.

LOL

[grendel25]

I just offered to accept bitcoins as payment for something I sold on Ebay when the buyer told me that Paypal wouldn't process his credit card.  When I saw this question posted by the OP I immediately thought, nope.

But there's so much more to it.  Bitcoins did make illegal drugs more accessible.  But many of those "illegal" drugs are either entirely legal in some places or becoming legal.  The point of bitcoin is everything.  It's to open markets and make people think differently about money, life, freedom... well the list goes onandonandonandonandonandon

and on.

But I just realized how excited I am for bitcoin because of my own thinking.  The way I considered offering bitcoin as payment option for my stuff on ebay and craigslist. 

[newuser01]

WTB NEWBIE JAIL

[Voltarius]

You can buy things at newegg, tigerdirect, gamestop, much more sites...
You can use it for literally anything right now as long as they are accepting it.
I don't believe drugs the only point

[Elwar]

The world market for drugs is $6 trillion.

The Bitcoin market cap is $4 billion.

If Bitcoin was only used for drugs Bitcoin would only make up .07% of all of the drug trade.

If Bitcoin was used more than other currencies for drugs (>51%), every Bitcoin would be worth $230,000.

[KenJackson]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

I applauded loudly when the silkroad bitcoin-enabled illegal-drug website was shutdown because I knew a lot of people would draw this exact conclusion.

Bitcoin could enable a thousand good and noble efforts, but if it makes it easier to do any form of evil, that's what will get all the news and influence opinion.  That's what people will immediately think of when they hear the name "bitcoin".

We should all fight against illicit use of bitcoin to protect the good name of bitcoin.

[Elwar]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

I applauded loudly when the silkroad bitcoin-enabled illegal-drug website was shutdown because I knew a lot of people would draw this exact conclusion.

Bitcoin could enable a thousand good and noble efforts, but if it makes it easier to do any form of evil, that's what will get all the news and influence opinion.  That's what people will immediately think of when they hear the name "bitcoin".

We should all fight against illicit use of bitcoin to protect the good name of bitcoin.

Hmm, drug user ->

Bitcoin:
Wants drugs, goes online, open Tor/Silk Road 3, pay bitcoins for drug, wait for drugs in the mail.

Cash:
Wants drugs, goes to the gang area of town, buys drugs, dealer is selling from rival gang's corner, gun fight breaks out, tries to get away with his life.

So, you choose the violent option?

[Kluge]

cause if it is.  i think we should stop fighting.  and use the US dollar instead..

I applauded loudly when the silkroad bitcoin-enabled illegal-drug website was shutdown because I knew a lot of people would draw this exact conclusion.

Bitcoin could enable a thousand good and noble efforts, but if it makes it easier to do any form of evil, that's what will get all the news and influence opinion.  That's what people will immediately think of when they hear the name "bitcoin".

We should all fight against illicit use of bitcoin to protect the good name of bitcoin.

Hmm, drug user ->

Bitcoin:
Wants drugs, goes online, open Tor/Silk Road 3, pay bitcoins for drug, wait for drugs in the mail.

Cash:
Wants drugs, goes to the gang area of town, buys drugs, dealer is selling from rival gang's corner, gun fight breaks out, tries to get away with his life.

So, you choose the violent option?

Trolls have been missing a good slippery slope argument here.

What about child pornography gangs? I don't think there are any, but honestly, I've never seen an actual drug gang either. -Or pimps for adults. Pimps are usually violent in movies -- well, not porn movies, cause porn studios have a reputation to uphold, obviously. ....

If children were sexually abused in the privacy of their home rather than beaten on the street AND sexually abused, should we applaud bitcoin's triumphant entry into the market and post comments on news sites about how bad child rape was before bitcoin came on the scene?

-Or the assassin market. How many people wanted to hire assassins but were assassinated upon payment before crypto-escrow? I bet more than one.

[bitkilo]

Although silk road is the way i 1st heard abou bitcoin it's not the only way, it's a smallish market compared to the rest, correct me if im wrong but i think it was about 5% of all coin were said to be used for illegal purposes at the peak.
I hold most of my coins but also spend a few like here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=797982