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Re: Sent $10,701.03 to Coinbase. Still missing bitcoins.

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the blockchain is public evidence, and should be admissible in court.

If it's ever used in court, it'll be construed as a hacker or terrorist tool by some barely literate computer forensic "expert".

Unfortunately you give the system too little credit. In Aug 2013 a Federal judge recognized bitcoin as akin to a currency (stores value, can be used for exchange of goods). It also opened the doors to allow SEC to pursue these cases[0].

Granted it was for a ponzi scheme.

[0] http://rt.com/usa/bitcoin-sec-shavers-texas-231/

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