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		user-the-name on Feb 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Bitcoin miners take over a town (2018) Even if you disregard the massive ecological harm it does, bitcoin is still a big negative for society, due to the immense amount of crime it enables - ransomware, money laundering, scams and fraud.

Erlich_Bachman on Feb 21, 2021 [–]

I guess by your logic the US dollar USD is also a big negative for society then.

user-the-name on Feb 22, 2021 | [–]

There is absolutely no comparison to be made there. The percentage of Bitcoin usage that is criminal is just massively, MASSIVELY bigger than the same for USD.

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