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Board Economics
Re: Dark Markets: good or bad for BTC?
by
bitbunnny
on 21/10/2014, 12:00:03 UTC
Bad.

Legitimate business will not want to associate with products that might damage their brand.

So should like every business in the world stop all machines right now? last time I checked 99.9999 of business deal with dollar, same as 99.9999 crime related activity.

Don't kill the messenger. What is done with a currency doesn't make said currency good or bad.

Well said neurotypical except for one thing:  over the last 20 years I notice cash as opposed to credit cards is being regulated out of existence.  When you deposit cash into a US bank, it triggers the Know Your Customer rules, and likewise if you try and get an excessive number of money orders at the local Western Union.

So I think bitcoin is going to slowly get a 'bear hug' from the state soon, and be 'regulated out of existence', slowly or quickly, just like cash. :-(

I think that what you described is inevitable some day, but no so soon.