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3. MIT Media Lab works on bitcoin, which is used for things like sex trafficking

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:57 AM

Aug 2019

The man in charge of the source code of the main bitcoin software is on the team of the MIT Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative.

Bitcoin is used to facilitate all the big international black markets. Money laundering, child pornography, drugs, you name it.

I don't think it is a coincidence that Epstein, who had business and personal motivations to make these sorts of crimes easier, gave money to the group at MIT that worked on technology that makes these sorts of crimes easier.

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MIT sets review of donations, apologizes for Jeffrey Epstein ties [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2019 OP

Might as well keep the money and allow it to do something good for people. No harm there. YOHABLO Aug 2019 #1

Hmm, maybe these research scientists never knew about that research tool "Google"? dawg day Aug 2019 #2

MIT Media Lab works on bitcoin, which is used for things like sex trafficking mathematic Aug 2019 #3

The problem they have isn't solely that they took donations from Epstein: it's when they took the $$ Princess Turandot Aug 2019 #4