Blacklisting

Noch mehr Blacklists: US-Finanzministerium setzt Bitcoin-Adressen chinesischer Drogenschmuggler auf eine schwarze Liste

22. August 2019 // 4 Kommentare

Das Blacklisting von Bitcoin-Adressen wird mehr und mehr zur Realität. Nachdem das US-Finanzministerium bereits die Bitcoin-Adressen iranischer Hacker auf eine schwarze Liste gesetzt hat, trifft es nun die Adressen von drei Chinesen, die Drogen in die USA geschmuggelt haben. Ob das aber wirklich einen Effekt hat, darf man bezweifeln. [...]

I was trying to explain Bitcoin to my Granny over Christmas, so for my birthday she "went online and bought a Bitcoin" for me. I don't have the heart to tell her.
"I just lost the entirety of a Bitcoin transaction only in fees, passing 20 USD from one wallet to another. It might not sound like much, but it is to me and to most people who can't afford to lose money while using Bitcoin as money. Fix that first."
Max Keiser: "BTC has zero utility..."
Bitcoin Cash projected to become new economic leader on Feb 18th
0-conf works and Satoshi explicitly said so. Nodes are to discard the second (double spend) transaction they see automatically! Only double spends that occur in the same second need a conf with PoW to be sure which transaction is final.