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All that operated just fine before, with WebMoney, Paypal and some turkish mules that would take the prison time to cash it all out.



I feel that ransomware at least would not be possible without Bitcoin. Before Bitcoin, there were no safe way to get ransom -- Paypal/Western Union would get blocked real fast, and physical transactions were detected in an old-fashioned way.




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