Baffles me how Mr Shrem is held up as some Bitcoin martyr by those in the community even as late as yesterday.
Here's OpenBazaar's lead developer mentioning that Shrem went to jail because "Bitcoin is challenging the way money works in society". Shrem went to jail for laundering money for drug dealers. That's certainly one way of challenging how money works in society.
Here's OpenBazaar's lead developer mentioning that Shrem went to jail because "Bitcoin is challenging the way money works in society". Shrem went to jail for laundering money for drug dealers. That's certainly one way of challenging how money works in society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL9MkOGgVAQ
The Bitcoin community seems to have trouble choosing it's spokespeople. Remember Bruce Wagner?
https://www.metafilter.com/107065/Bruce-Wagner-and-the-Bitco...