Panel II
Ernie Allen
President and Chief Executive Officer
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited ChildrenI think there is a chance the bitcoin representatives may have to walk out on this hearing. Nothing good can come of this if they have already decided bitcoin is directly associated with child porn.
I don't think that's the case. I think they've decided Bitcoin has the
potential to enable child porn networks to flourish, and they're right. Just look around the Deep Web.
That doesn't mean Bitcoiners have to stand around and say, "yeah, whatever, it's gonna be used for child porn, dollars are used for child porn too". We're claiming to have a superior currency, it should be harder to abuse children with it (or just as hard, at the very least).
It makes sense for this guy to come and discuss ways to combat child porn. I'm on board with that.