DCLeaks was paid for with Bitcoin. The 11 Russian intelligence agents indicted today bought Bitcoin -- and mined it themselves -- to pay for the infrastructure they needed to hack into the DNC and release the documents.pic.twitter.com/VyJKx8RvA4
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And that is about as relevant as what color shoes they wore whilst executing that nastiness.
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That is not what the indictment says. "The use of bitcoin allowed the Conspirators to avoid direct relationships with traditional financial institutions, allowing them to evade greater scrutiny of their identities and sources of funds."
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If it was anonymous, then how do they know they used it? Indictment also says they used
$USD. I assume you’re equally concerned about that?
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From the indictment: "Although the Conspirators caused transactions to be conducted in a variety of currencies, including U.S. dollars, they principally used bitcoin when purchasing servers, registering domains, and otherwise making payments in furtherance of hacking activity."
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No -- the registration of DCLeaks and the server for DCLeaks was paid for with just Bitcoin, the indictment says. The indictment certainly suggests that Bitcoin is easier to use anonymously online than dollars.
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BTC is certainly easier to use online, but it is not more anonymous. The number of transactions that took place in USD are, in fact, unknowable.
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It's a factual statement likely to be used as an argument to 'regulate' or 'control' Bitcoin. Example: "... bitcoin allowed the Conspirators ... to evade greater scrutiny of their identities and sources of funds. Therefore, Bitcoin must be regulated and controlled."
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Of course to regulate or control Bitcoin is impossible. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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That’s the point. Good.
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yay bitcoin works!!
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You would think a reporter that mainly does article about btc for years would know that btc is a payment network outside of the financial system aka DECENTRALIZED .
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Computers made it easier for them to hack into the DNC. As a matter if of fact, computers might be responsible for almost all hacks in history. Regulation coming soon.
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Internet connections have been used in criminal activity all across the globe. Shut off the internet people. When will you learn. Your silly internet dreams are killing people.
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But if they want the money in fiat at any stage they can be traced...however difficult that sounds soon it’ll be like checking bank a/c’s
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Well the investigation discovered it didn’t it? Fraud committed in dollars isn’t usually found until there’s an investigation. Most crimes aren’t discovered at all ...
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You people do understand that the hackers were in Russia and could of used web money, pre paid cards, western union transfers with illegal immigrant being the recipients or thousands of other ways of getting funds anonymously ?
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Just like cash - the preferred and far-and-away most-used P2P value transfer method. Cars, planes, computers, and cell phones all make (any job including crime) easier too. Point voided.
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