What can be done to the ransomware problem?
I think Bitcoin is the seed that grown into the ransomware problem. What can be done to protect users?
My tought was some sort of list of "dishonest" adresses, like what have been discussed with stolen money, but that would not work in this case due to the possibility to create one adress per victim, as opposed to bitcoin theft where there is a few adresses involved where the money was stolen from (the victim).
Any ideas how bitcoin could be adapted to make it "toxic" to ransomware authors, while not burning legit users?
My second tought was some "Vote To Refund" scheme, applying to any transaction, but the problem would be that people could spread false screenshots of ransomware just to get free services/products.
Go brainstorm about ideas on how to prevent ransomware on bitcoin's end.
What can be done to protect users? Don't install ransomware. If you infect yourself with ransomware you now have many other problems to deal with than just your bitcoin wallet such as any saved website usernames/passwords, sensitive documents on your hard drive, the possibility of infecting your whole network, etc.
I think an emphasis on good security practices should be a required step to installing any bitcoin wallet. I believe BitPay's wallet does this well. When you first install their software and create your first bitcoin wallet there are a few slides you have to click through that emphasis how important security really is.