<nettime> Internet Digital Black Friday: First Bitcoin "Depression" Hits

[Ulex Europae]

At 04:43 12 06 11, Jeffrey Paul wrote:
>On 12 Jun, 2011, at 10:31 , Eugen Leitl forwarded:
>
> > That said, there's numerous ways your privacy could be compromised
> > if your buying drugs or performing elicit activities. Some points of
> > possible attack include:
>
>This guy doesn't know that The Silk Road is a hidden service that can _only_
>be accessed via Tor - and he further doesn't know the difference between
>"elicit" and "illicit".

Also, didn't someone say that bitcoins were fairly stable in the $10
range before that Silk Road article, that they jumped up to $20 and
$30 after the article?

>Why are we reading him, again?


Indeed.