Assassination site accepts Bitcoins to kill American officials
Way to play into lawmakers’ fears, knucklehead. The above statement is directed at whoever created the website Assassination Market, which accepts Bitcoins toward bounties on US officials. Forbes.com referred to it as a Kickstarter for political assassinations. This coincides with a hearing in the Senate on Bitcoin and digital currencies at which Washington’s primary concern was criminals using Bitcoin to be more evasive. If these same officials believe there is a Bitcoin-funded target on them, straight-up panic will ensue. The Assassination Market website went online four months ago,....
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