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Originally Posted by TomCollins
You think that the ability to trace USD somehow has stopped crimes from taking place or being recovered? What argument are you trying to make? Criminals that are not morons try to get paid in ways that are difficult to trace. Bitcoin doesn't give them something new.
there's a risk of getting caught while trying to pick up the cash. sure, you can do all sorts of things to try to minimize it, but with BTC, it's trivial.
the tracing thing i only mentioned to point out that you can't simply have the guy wire the ransom money to your bank account.