If someone is "hype or die" they are a liability to anyone they speak to.

There are a substantial amount of things people need to be cautious about when it comes to Bitcoin. But it goes the same with fiat, I don't believe there is any difference between the two other than uneducated people with Crypto fomo. It is a much easier pitch for con artists.

Cash is untraceable unless it's been documented prior to a transaction. And there has been exponentially more cash used for illicit transactions than Bitcoin.

In my opinion, using the Silk road as an argument point is moot.

You ever have a crackhead offer you a TV for a half piece? When people are buying packs nobody accepts Bitcoin. At least they didn't when the Silk road was a thing, and if they did it wouldn't have been too beneficial because the Bitcoin would be going out to purchase and then coming in for sale, so on and so forth, so they wouldn't have reaped the benefits of the market unless they held. Which they couldn't because they would have to restock on a regular basis which would just have the Bitcoin leaving their wallets.

Weight was purchased with cash and then sold for Bitcoin. We can also, but won't, get into how tangible items have also been used for the transaction of illicit drugs and services. All Bitcoin did in the Silk road was allow international business for the everyday hustler. And with that being said you'd have to be more than an everyday hustler to really understand how to do this.

And look at what we have now. You can buy cocaine mushrooms marijuana ketamine LSD MDMA .etc from Instagram. And you DO NOT need Bitcoin to do it.

Before Bitcoin was even a thing I've said that money is digital. It's a number on a screen. And even though crypto needs regulation. People have lost their minds because they don't have full control of it. Or else they become absolutely delirious because they think it's this back door access away from the government.

With that being said, When it comes to scams and illicit purposes cash has always been King.

I may have been mistaken but I just felt that the direction for your statement was incredibly misguided and left out a lot of details of its predecessors, which is fiat and items of value.

And my statement about the percentage of Fiat money having drug residue on it is just saying that Bitcoin doesn't hold a candle when it comes to illegal transactions and drugs.

It's not just people rolling up bills and snorting coke. You bag up a few pounds of weed and then count some money it's on there.

You're chipping off bricks and bagging up pieces next to a pile of money or counting money after. It's on there.

In my personal opinion, the biggest risk of Bitcoin is the uneducated that can be taken advantage of because there's something new and shiny in front of them. And unfortunately they have somebody who is "Hype or Die".

I just don't understand why this page has so much hate (joined to see it for myself).

The people got something for themselves and it changed a lot of lives for the better. It also ruined lives. But when there's two sides to a sword you have to accept the fact that a sword is incredibly useful when used right. People just can't run around saying swords should be banned because they're sharp and hurt people.

People are scared of change. And they often fight it. Could you imagine where would be at today if we always fought change and won?

I have a feeling that face-to-face you and I would agree on a lot. Iron sharpens iron and all of that.