Topic: I didn't think there was ANY problem carrying suitcases from Mexico for two guys I barely knew...
Erik !saAqdaazn2 started this discussion 1 year ago#121,563
they said it was just $250,000 in cash. I'm STUNNED it was actually Β£15m of cocaine - it's so unfair I face 60 years in US jail, says British beautician, 28
You can't walk into an underground car park building and meet a gangster and wait around for the chain to realize before walking off with your big bag of drugs.
Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 17 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,329,347
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
You'd bring $250k cash to a drug deal? The weight alone would be a problem, and they could just shoot you and take the cash.
$250k bitcoin weighs nothing, can be on a burner cell, and can be encrypted until you verify they have the product and it's as pure as negotiated. You can even break up the amount into several wallets.
You don't need to turn it into cash, most people know how much BTC is worth and any other underlings you have on your payroll will accept it too.
Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 22 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,329,356
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU)
People accept bitcoin for almost anything, but it depends on your location and who you know. A mule that lives in El Salvador could spend the money at any business in his country by law.
Cash, meanwhile, is readily accepted by 100% of people and is a bearer asset which is much more easily negotiable than crypto. Additionally, bitcoin leaves a trail.
Anonymous D replied with this 1 year ago, 7 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,329,428
@previous (Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU) > Cash, meanwhile, is readily accepted by 100% of people
Large bills are not readily accepted, and no one wants to have that much weight.
Bitcoin doesn't leave a trail if you know how to use it. Anonymous keys on a blockchain may be stored forever, but no one knows who owns which keys.
Bitcoin is also a bearer asset. You can have an unlocked wallet that is handed between people as easily as cash, with the added benefit of it weighing much less.
Relying on goons and mooks to "know how to use it" is dangerous, and also they cannot go out and spend their money. Sorry, but in the real world most people would prefer money.
This is demonstrably wrong. If given a choice, almost every "man on the street" would choose the C-note over an equivalent amount of bitcoin on a USB drive.
You've said "Most people would prefer [bitcoin]...over [cash]". Which you're now saying actually meant "Most drug dealers would prefer bitcoin over cash". I can only recommend you go to a drug dealer and pull out Electrum when it comes time to pick up, and see how far it gets you.
> You've said "Most people would prefer [bitcoin]...over [cash]".
Yes, in the context of your scenario about "covert drug deals".
> Which you're now saying actually meant "Most drug dealers would prefer bitcoin over cash". I can only recommend you go to a drug dealer and pull out Electrum when it comes time to pick up, and see how far it gets you.
The dark net markets are a real thing, and installing a bitcoin wallet takes seconds.