"Keep in mind that the US dollar is also used for many nefarious activities and that doesn't make it in of itself, bad"

This is not a logical statement. US dollar is used by hundreds of millions of people for billion types of activities; among which unethical activities is just a small percent.

If bitcoin's main selling point is drugs; its value is zero to me and to many investors. It is a problem.

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