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Old 02-25-2015, 02:36 PM  
danielpbarron
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The files on sale are encrypted by DarkLeaks black market website, broken into smaller pieces, and then added to Bitcoin's block chain. However, the service allows the buyer to verify small preview piece of the file before payment is claimed.

After buyer purchase the rest of the file when satisfied with the contents, the seller claims their Bitcoins. A decryption key is provided to the buyer in order to unlocks the encrypted document for the buyer.
So not only is this project not actually part of bitcoin, but it is an outright attack on bitcoin. "The blockchain" is not some separate thing; it *is* bitcoin, and bitcoin is money. It's not a decentralized file storage. "Storing files on the blockchain" is code for "spam it with useless bloat." This would be concerning if not for the fact that it will certainly fail; the system screams "abuse me." It's scammer heaven.
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