>* Giving criminals and scammers the ability to exchange goods and services anonymously.
I don't see how this is any different than the bog standard "encryption lets criminals and scammers the ability to exchange goods and services anonymously.". Should money/txns be fundamentally track-able/examinable/un-encrypted but your private data/messages not?
Surely this contention is something you also consider -- care to expand?
>* Convincing older and gullible people to give their money to someone they don't know and a technology they can't explain
I am surprised. My initial viewpoint was why would scammers bother to fish for bitcoin when bank transfers/gift cards are a lower barrier -- but seems you are right [1], the cat and mouse chase continues...
I don't see how this is any different than the bog standard "encryption lets criminals and scammers the ability to exchange goods and services anonymously.". Should money/txns be fundamentally track-able/examinable/un-encrypted but your private data/messages not?
Surely this contention is something you also consider -- care to expand?
>* Convincing older and gullible people to give their money to someone they don't know and a technology they can't explain
I am surprised. My initial viewpoint was why would scammers bother to fish for bitcoin when bank transfers/gift cards are a lower barrier -- but seems you are right [1], the cat and mouse chase continues...
[1] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kitboga+bitcoin