Bitcoin is a incredible use of peer to peer communication and encryption, allowing direct and immediate money transfer without any central control. It is sometimes claimed to be ideal for illegal -activity, which I believe is quite a long way from the truth. At last +activity, which I believe is quite a long way from the truth. At least I would not conduct illegal money transfers using a system where the -details of every transaction is kept forever. This point is -investigated in an peer reviewed article in USENIX ;login: from -December 2013, in the article +details of every transaction are kept forever. This point is +investigated in +USENIX ;login: +from December 2013, in the article "A Fistful of Bitcoins - Characterizing Payments Among Men with No Names" by Sarah Meiklejohn, Marjori Pomarole,Grant Jordan, Kirill @@ -75,6 +76,6 @@ is anonymous. It isn't really a good fit for illegal activites. Use cash if you need to stay anonymous, at least until regular DNA sampling of notes and coins become the norm. :)
-As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my +
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