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He was referring to the way digital currencies like Bitcoin are used to buy drugs like synthetic opioid fentanyl.

anonymity of digital currencies meant they were linked to terrorist funding and money laundering

It sounds like he means drug overdoses, black market violence, and terrorists attacks kill people.

But at least he knows malaria kills far more people than those three combined. He should probably get back to solving that.

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> But at least he knows malaria kills far more people than those three combined. He should probably get back to solving that.

Good news he is :)

Honestly, some of the responses in this article are a bit defensive-- he was asked what he thinks of crypto currencies, and he answered that he doesn't think the social impact of anonymous cash is good. There's a sense in this thread that he is going around attacking crypto currency, when he is in fact expressing his view of how anonymous decentralized currencies can enable/facilitate dangerous things to happen.

The cryptocoin crowd is ridiculously defensive by nature. They have to be, the value of their funbux relies significantly on speculation so negative press is threatening to their pocket book.

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