Assassination Market: The website that crowdfunds murder with Bitcoin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbGypiDik2E


Comments


[6 Points] Synthur:

Wow this is fascinating. For those who can't or don't want to watch the video, it's basically a site where users can bet bitcoins on when a certain politician will die (through natural causes or murder), and encourages its participants to influence the date of death.

As of the video's making the highest bounty was over 141 bitcoins.

Scary.


[1 Points] c-upraD7:

Link to the site?

Got all my javascript turned off so can't really see much on that YT page.


[-4 Points] chewtality:

Are people just now discovering this? I believe I found out about this marketplace around the same time as SR, which was shortly after it's implementation.

Edit: Just watched the video, they said it's only been around 4 months? Absolutely not true, unless it shut down and re-opened.


[-5 Points] None:

This is stupid and BTC advocates should frown upon these sorts of markets. A lot of BTC supporters are libertarian or volutaryist, and the insinuation that users should put people in harm's way is downright shameful.