The tech world is split over Telegram’s fund-raising campaign
Every time crypto is discussed on HN, I amazed how few mentions of drugs are there. Bitcoin is filling, first and foremost, one single human need: to buy drugs. It&#x27;s not safe from dedicated investigators, but drug USERS (not dealers) almost never find themselves targets of such investigations.<p>Another piece of technology that is always used for the same need is Telegram. You got drug-selling bots, channels who aggregate your local dealers, secret chats... Everybody uses this messenger, exclusively, to communicate. It doesn&#x27;t matter if it&#x27;s really secure or if it&#x27;s just good PR – it works.<p>So, back to Bitcoin: it&#x27;s a pain in the ass. People constantly try alternatives, even if they&#x27;re even less secure (like Qiwi). Now imagine that suddenly, you can pay someone straight through Telegram, which has a reputation (doesn&#x27;t matter of deserved or not) of being secure. What do you think is going to happen?