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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: razael on August 13, 2013, 10:21 pm

Title: probes on bitcoin system
Post by: razael on August 13, 2013, 10:21 pm
i read a note in new york times saying fbi is installing "probes" in bitcoin system because its being used to finance guns , drugs etc.. Is that possible? how safe is bitcoin?

this is so ridiculous , isnt the dollar used to finance massacres , illegal settlements , corruption , drug cartels , mass destruction guns etc etc?
looks like the regular financial system is seeing bitcoin as a threat.

does anyone have info regarding bitcoin safety? is it possible to track transaction?
Title: Re: probes on bitcoin system
Post by: cyberscour on August 13, 2013, 10:30 pm
You know, if the FBI was really doing this, why would it be in the news?

Smells like bull, and how would they install "probes" into a P2P network exactly?
Title: Re: probes on bitcoin system
Post by: warbler on August 13, 2013, 10:31 pm
But the dollar is theirs that they can control (to an extent but definitely have power and sway) while they have no control whatsoever over bitcoin. That's why they do not like it. And drugs, guns, and whatever else they conjure up are merely the scapegoats for which an uneducated public can easily be whipped up into a frenzy and led to believe bitcoins are really just this nefarious thing that is used to finance bad bad things.
Title: Re: probes on bitcoin system
Post by: GhengisYea on August 13, 2013, 10:56 pm
Governments who love to manipulate their currency into utter shit at the peoples expense hate bitcoin.

A bunch of 'Jus doin' ma' jawb agents who love that drug trade is illegal (they are out of a job if its legal, and so is SR) are watching us panting to bust this whole thing.

The big transactions are what they're looking for, or with dumping tax dollars at it hoping to hone in on specific wallets that end up with lots of money.  I can imagine the complexity of the tumbles ol' Dread Pirate Roberts is using.
Title: Re: probes on bitcoin system
Post by: razael on August 14, 2013, 12:31 am
can they really track those transactions?
it looks very unlikely