{"id":7259,"date":"2018-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2018\/07\/14\/bitcoin-the-us-2016-presidential-elections-and-conspirancy\/"},"modified":"2018-07-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T00:00:00","slug":"bitcoin-the-us-2016-presidential-elections-and-conspirancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/bitcoin-the-us-2016-presidential-elections-and-conspirancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, the US 2016 presidential elections, and conspirancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
There is a not easy controversy ignited around serious accusations of electronic espionage and manipulation<\/strong> of situations related to the US presidential elections of 2016,<\/strong> in which the current President, Donald Trump was elected.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the media it has run a lot of ink on the subject, and there is also a polarizing tendency that perhaps seeks to undermine the American democratic institutionality. However, beyond the murky aspect that surrounds a circumstance such as that of a presidential electoral manipulation in the main world power, one of the most significant details is that cryptography would be involved in the middle of all that, and more specifically bitcoin<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n It has filed a criminal indictment against 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of interfering with the 2016 US presidential election. The details of the alleged conspiracy are extensive and complicated to present in just a few lines, but allegations of using cryptocurrencies allegedly used In sabotaging the campaign of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a conspiracy to launder more than $ 95,000 using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is included, and that is where cryptography comes in to play a leading role in all this.<\/strong><\/p>\n Broadly speaking, it is known that the purpose of the alleged conspiracy was to hack into computers of people and entities in charge of the administration of the 2016 US elections in order to steal voter data and other sensitive information. <\/strong><\/p>\n Among the accusations, the one concerning the laundering of more than $ 95,000, refers that the alleged conspirators used bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies<\/a> to buy servers, register web domains and make payments to finance electronic sabotage. <\/strong><\/p>\n