Re: [Trans] Putting illegal stuff in an append only ledger

Tao Effect <contact@taoeffect.com> Tue, 20 March 2018 23:12 UTC

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I don't think it's a real problem, just another week, another social attack on Bitcoin from those who are heavily invested in seeing Bitcoin die.

The reason why it's not a legitimate issue are here:

https://lobste.rs/s/walhsk/child_abuse_imagery_found_within_bitcoin#c_xf6oor <https://lobste.rs/s/walhsk/child_abuse_imagery_found_within_bitcoin#c_xf6oor>

And here:

https://lobste.rs/s/walhsk/child_abuse_imagery_found_within_bitcoin#c_76hm8v

But that will not stop people from pretending it is.

- Greg

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> On Mar 20, 2018, at 7:00 PM, Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> wrote:
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> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abuse-imagery-bitcoin-blockchain-illegal-content <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abuse-imagery-bitcoin-blockchain-illegal-content>
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> People quietly talked about this being a problem. Guess the cat is out of the bag now.
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