Whether one thinks they suck or not, Bitcoin has been a key enabler for
assassination markets since its inception. It's been my argument for
some time that, like it or not, they may become inevitable.

For anyone interested:

The now-classic "Assassination Politics" essays from the mid-90s, by Jim
Bell:

http://cryptome.org/ap.htm

Here's some 10-year-old discussion pro and con, from anti-state.com.
Note that the philosophical backdrop of some here is predominantly
American anarcho-capitalism, with all of its vulgar libertarian tendencies.

http://anti-state.com/article.php?article_id=262

http://anti-state.com/article.php?article_id=265

http://anti-state.com/article.php?article_id=266

http://anti-state.com/article.php?article_id=289

http://anti-state.com/article.php?article_id=295

And a brief, pre-Bitcoin-awareness treatment of the topic from the
Center for a Stateless Society (left-libertarian market anarchist):

http://c4ss.org/content/1157



On 11/18/2013 10:59 PM, Amir Taaki wrote:
> don't joke about such crap. these markets suck.
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> On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 15:47 +0000, jindq1 wrote:
>> Amir, is this your site? :D
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>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Jonathan James Harrison
>> <jonathanjamesharrison@???> wrote:
>>         http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/11/18/meet-the-assassination-market-creator-whos-crowdfunding-murder-with-bitcoins/

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