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AVOID.NET

v1 → v2

Scores

trust_score62 → 62
severity_base— → —
score_modifier-5 → -5

Sections

Protocol Background and History → Regulatory Status

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Regulatory Status → Illicit Finance and Ransomware

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Creator Identity → Scams Exploiting the Bitcoin Brand and Payment Rails

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Market Volatility and Speculative Risk → Historical Exchange Collapses and Theft (Mt. Gox)

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Environmental and Energy Concerns → Early Association with the Silk Road Marketplace

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Mining Centralization Risk → Market Structure: Wash Trading and Volume Inflation

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Illicit Use and Fraud Vector Risk → Environmental Impact of Mining

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Exchange Counterparty Risk: Mt. Gox and Historical Failures → Price Volatility

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Timeline events

+ added2008-10 — (no description)
+ added2013-10 — (no description)
+ added2022-05-06 — (no description)
+ added2023-11-29 — (no description)
+ added2025 — (no description)
- removed2008-10-31 — (no description)
- removed2021-09-07 — (no description)
- removed2024-04-20 — (no description)
- removed2025-03-06 — (no description)
- removed2025-10-06 — (no description)
~ changed2009-01-03: “” → “”
~ changed2014-02: “” → “”
~ changed2024-01-10: “” → “”
~ changed2026-03-17: “” → “”

Accepted submissions

No changes to accepted submissions.

Each version is bound to the decision event that created it. Verify the chain anchor for either via the audit log.

v1 hash: 899cf1b3fc7a3e96216d25ab0ec97863a1c62e20f1a75ed69d3bcc58ed5d06c5
v2 hash: 2905ef6151f55eb134b018c849a9eb3910e6da21d16d0efe89c1385296d739b6