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May 26, 2016, 03:14:12 PM

bitcoin is not about public, nor transaction.

bitcoin is about privacy and holding up the only safe asset left in the world.

Sometimes bitcoin is about transactions. Here's an example of bitcoin entrepreneurs price-discovering the value of their disruptive services in free market space:

Ransomware attackers refuse to decrypt hospital's files after being paid off

"Negotiating with criminals doesn’t always work out, as Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita learned last week. The hospital paid to get files back after falling victim to ransomware, but only got “partial access” and a demand for more money, Techspot is reporting.

That’s right: the criminals got their ransom, and then decided they wanted more money. The hospital’s president, Dr. Greg Duick says the hospital is not paying up."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-hospital-pays-ransomware-demand-235824773.html

disgusting