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> What societal services are being crippled by ransomware that's so called enabled by Bitcoin?

https://threatpost.com/ransomware-hits-hospitals-hardest/162...

> Please understand there's a difference between what the technology provides and what it's being used for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...



> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

With that logic - https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Bitcoin is meant to be purely a peer to peer electronic cash system. Money. This has nothing to do with what you are talking about where it is inherently bad




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