I wouldn’t touch Ripple with a 10’ pole. No one ‘investing’ in it is looking beyond the price. As for the black market, btc may be losing its edge: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-02/criminal-underworld-is-dropping-bitcoin-for-another-currency Bloomberg failed to mention that btc is also very expensive and slow. Making bitcoin transactions is eye-opening. I suggest anyone that owns (“owns” if it’s on an exchange) btc to try a genuine transaction.
Especially as our villain is gonna be sitting there for days. 3564 minutes. If he initiated his transfer New Year's Eve, he's getting his coffee at 10:30 tomorrow.Say, for example, a coffee shop in Berkeley is known to have a certain bitcoin address, and a wallet used by an extortionist transfers the same amount there every morning at 9 a.m. Police can stop by and make an arrest.