patrick.net

Are ransomware and cryptocurrencies intrinsically linked?
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/ransomware-and-cryptocurrencies

Without the existence of cryptocurrencies, ransomware would still be a big problem, says Nick Biasini, head of outreach at Cisco Talos. “If you go way back and start at the beginning of ransomware before it became the pervasive issue that it is today, it was actually not based on cryptocurrencies. The payment system was designed around gift cards or various other types of payment cards that you could operate.”

richwicks says

The volatility would be fine if you could get in an out in seconds, and not hours or days.

Holy cow, it takes days to complete a transaction with bitcoin?

WineHorror1 says

richwicks says

The volatility would be fine if you could get in an out in seconds, and not hours or days.

Holy cow, it takes days to complete a transaction with bitcoin?

Yes. It works as a distributed database, to confirm the transaction you have to access 1000's of computers, and that takes time AND energy plus you're in a queue.

People who promote bitcoin haven't bothered to even check to see if it's viable. It's not viable, at least yet.

This problem has existed for years, and it's always "soon to be addressed, there's going to be a fix", but there never will be.

Bitcoin is too volatile, and slow, to actually ever be useful as a currency. It's an obvious tulip.

Jesus Christ.

This really is the bitcorn MISINFORMATION thread.

Cash says

"they are used for illegal activities" which is a statement out of ignorance, not facts.

Really?

HeadSet says

Without bitcoin, ransomware would be impossible.

If there's a will there's a way.

Cash says

Crypto vs Fiat

One is fiat, the other is measured with fiat.

Onvacation says

One is fiat, the other is measured with fiat.

And ATM cash is king x3 and BTC is w/o a doubt going to be smashed 12.5k - 10k then it will be time to look at
buying utility coins at crazy discounts.

Onvacation says

HeadSet says

Without bitcoin, ransomware would be impossible.

If there's a will there's a way.

Nice bromide there, but please explain how a ransomware crook would collect without an untraceable payment?

HeadSet says

Nice bromide there, but please explain how a ransomware crook would collect without an untraceable payment?

Just Bromiding.

Are bitcoin transactions truly untraceable?

I'd say no.

Onvacation says

Are bitcoin transactions truly untraceable?

I'd say no.

Then wouldn't it be simple to find out who collected the payments and arrest them? Plenty of motivation to prosecute when the victims are large corporations, police departments, government offices, and hospitals, and the ransom payments are usually large.

HeadSet says

Onvacation says

Are bitcoin transactions truly untraceable?

I'd say no.

Then wouldn't it be simple to find out who collected the payments and arrest them? Plenty of motivation to prosecute when the victims are large corporations, police departments, government offices, and hospitals, and the ransom payments are usually large.

It's pretty well understood that the people blackmailing people is the government itself. The "equation group" is a bunch of assholes inside of the NSA. We KNOW who is doing that, but our government is the fucking criminals themselves.

Chart above is missing (at least) one important row:
Transaction Privacy: high, high, low
Transaction Anonymity: high, high*, high**

* serial numbers on bills can be tracked (e.g.: finding Lindbergh kidnappers using serial numbers of ransom)
** if a user is identified for a single bitcoin transaction, then all transactions with that address are deanonomized

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Fails to Touch the Crucial Resistance
Looking at the daily chart, the bulls are struggling in keeping the Bitcoin price above the 9-day and 21-day moving averages, but the price is currently dropping below the 9-day MA. BTC/USD has been suffering since the European session as the technical indicator Relative Strength Index (14) moves to cross below 50-level. This could mean that the King coin is not yet ready for the upside.

Onvacation says

BTC Fails to Touch the Crucial Resistance

BUY NOW OR YOU WILL BE POOR FOREVER!

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nomad-hack-stolen-funds-125623615.html

Nearly $200 million drained from crypto bridge Nomad in latest crypto hack

Bitcoin Price Prediction 2030
After years of analysis of the Bitcoin price, crypto experts are ready to provide their BTC cost estimation for 2030. It will be traded for at least $776,060.47, with the possible maximum peaks at $937,274.64. Therefore, on average, you can expect the BTC price to be around $798,474.46 in 2030.

Potential ROI: 3977%
BUY
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2031
Cryptocurrency analysts are ready to announce their estimations of the Bitcoin’s price. The year 2031 will be determined by the maximum BTC price of $1,353,943.82. However, its rate might drop to around $1,117,007.86. So, the expected average trading price is $1,148,946.84.

Potential ROI: 5789%
BUY
You can get Bitcoin and over 200 other cryptocurrencies on Changelly at fair rates and with low fees.

https://changelly.com/blog/bitcoin-price-prediction/

100k today will be worth 4.5m in 2030.

Plans in the working and I haven't bought any crypto and don't have any plans to until the good ole USD plays out, probability says DXY 121 but will see.
1 marker taking place right now with BTC that wasn't in the past when BTC was dumping is stablecoins such as USDT USDC USDD etc. are loosing market cap instead of gaining, which means that money is going back to fiat and the banks this time as it will be with just about any asset you can name due to all the over leveraged players, including the paper trades on commodities, metals and oil imo Capitulation across the board is on the way and the EPIC deals on quality investments will be historical. GL

Cash says

market cap

Can the term "market cap" really be applied to crypto?

Should be “fantasy cap”.

Onvacation says

Cash says

market cap

Can the term "market cap" really be applied to crypto?

Nope. Not an asset. Unless a spreadsheet/database of numbers all a sudden holds value. It's not even usable data for marketing or anything. It's the literal definition of worthless.

It is only worth what the next biggest fool will pay for it.

Of course there are a lot of fools out there.

People also ask
How much is BTC worth in 2025?
It is assumed that in 2025, the minimum BTC price might drop to $85,596.05, while its maximum can reach $102,438.17. On average, the trading cost will be around $88,043.53.
https://changelly.com/blog/bitcoin-price-prediction/

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

Onvacation says

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/ftx-investors-told-that-without-more-capital-bankruptcy-likely?srnd=premium

$0?

From a $32 billion valuation to a fire sale in 11 months: How FTX nosedived in spectacular fashion

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/ftx-crypto-implosion-sam-bankman-fried-loses-billions-sequoia-trillionaire-2022-11

Tom Brady and other super wealthy investors lost big money in FTX’s collapse

https://fortune.com/2022/11/09/tom-brady-ftx-crypto-collapse-lost-investment/

DD214 says

Tom Brady and other super wealthy investors lost big money in FTX’s collapse

https://fortune.com/2022/11/09/tom-brady-ftx-crypto-collapse-lost-investment/

And his wife divorced him...so there's that.

1337irr says

And his wife divorced him...so there's that.

Didn't she make more than him? She also didn't want him to play football anymore. I'd agree with her. They're wealthy enough. Why get brain damage. You're considered the GOAT. I don't see anyone getting remotely near what stats he's achieved. He's going to end on a low note and lose a super model wife that still is hot at her older(ish) age. Some dudes are morons.

Don't pander to the woman, but for christ sake, football is the dumbest sport on the planet. He should have retired by now. Or maybe he's bad with money? Who knows. There's no point in playing anymore. Plenty of endorsement and commentary opportunities to bring in 7 figures easy.

Eric Holder says

Onvacation says

WOW!
BTC 16,591.00USD
−1,956.50 (10.55%)today

Down 10% today. They must have stiffed the mules.

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

It's because of the FTX disaster. whether btc can come back to previous levels and at least hold 20k again remains to be seen, we continue to be bearish, but it won't go away

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals in Wake of FTX Collapse

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/10/crypto-lender-blockfi-pauses-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/

Bankman-Fried’s Cabal of Roommates in the Bahamas Ran His Crypto Empire – and Dated. Other Employees Have Lots of Questions.

“The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/10/bankman-frieds-cabal-of-roommates-in-the-bahamas-ran-his-crypto-empire-and-dated-other-employees-have-lots-of-questions/

Eric Holder says

IT"S A BUYING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

I'll say... about time!

BACK UP THE TRUCK!!!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/blockfi-prepares-for-potential-bankruptcy-as-crypto-contagion-spreads-11668534824

BlockFi Prepares for Potential Bankruptcy as Crypto Contagion Spreads

Short AMD and NVIDIA?

Genesis’ Crypto-Lending Unit Is Halting Customer Withdrawals in Wake of FTX Collapse. The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/16/genesis-crypto-lending-unit-is-halting-customer-withdrawals-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/