Anonymous ID: de7bef March 23, 2020, 9:45 a.m. No.8532300   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2476

>>8532260

 

Bitcoin trail helps authorities bust child porn site

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-trail-helps-authorities-bust-184019330.html

 

Even as it has gained mainstream traction, Bitcoin remains popular among crime syndicates and nefarious multinational operations. The cryptocurrency’s pseudonymous nature, coupled with its transnational reach, appeals to criminals conducting illicit businesses across borders.

 

Bitcoin was, in fact, the main transaction mechanism at Welcome to Video (WTV), a child pornography site that authorities in the United States and South Korea busted earlier this week. But it was Bitcoin’s blockchain that also provided a trail of digital crumbs that enabled authorities to take down the website. Aided by software from crypto forensics startup Chainalysis, law enforcement officials were able to identify the mastermind and users of the site.

 

The site, which operated on the Darknet, was run by 23-year-old South Korean Joong Woo Son and distributed more than 1 million sexually explicit videos of minors. Son is currently serving an 18-month sentence in prison in his native country.

 

U.S. Treasury: crypto could be “next frontier” in the war on terror

 

Three hundred and thirty-seven individuals from multiple countries across the globe, including Brazil, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, have been arrested for being users of the site and downloading material from it. Within the United States, 92 individuals have been arrested in connection with the crackdown and 23 minor victims have been identified.

 

A civil forfeiture claim to recover money from crypto exchanges which facilitated transactions for the site has been filed by prosecutors. They intend to distribute the claims back to the victims.

Anonymous ID: de7bef March 23, 2020, 10:18 a.m. No.8532658   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2715 >>2756

>>8532581

They're consuming whole fresh blood, replete with hormones. Their own systems stop making hormones to maintain balance. Cut off the supply and their bodies wilt, with their glands being inactive and unable to respond.

 

High does steroid therapy causes similar symptoms.

 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/prednisone-withdrawal/expert-answers/faq-20057923

 

If you abruptly stop taking prednisone or taper off too quickly, you might experience prednisone withdrawal symptoms:

 

Severe fatigue

Weakness

Body aches

Joint pain

Nausea

Loss of appetite

Lightheadedness

 

Prednisone is similar to cortisol, a hormone naturally made by your adrenal glands. If you take prednisone for more than a few weeks, your adrenal glands decrease cortisol production. A gradual reduction in prednisone dosage gives your adrenal glands time to resume their normal function.

 

The amount of time it takes to taper off prednisone depends on the disease being treated, the dose and duration of use, and other medical considerations. A full recovery can take anywhere from a week to several months. Contact your doctor if you experience prednisone withdrawal symptoms as you are tapering off the drug.

 

Worst Case Scenario

https://patient.info/doctor/adrenal-crisis

Crisis occurs when the physiological demand for these hormones exceeds the ability of adrenal glands to produce them, most often in patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency when subject to an intercurrent illness or stress:

 

Major or minor infections. (Most commonly vomiting and/or diarrhoea due to a gastrointestinal upset.)

Injury.

Surgery.

Burns.

Pregnancy.

General anaesthesia.

Myocardial infarction.

Acute allergic reactions.

Acute hypoglycaemia in people with diabetes.

 

It may also occur as a result of poor patient education and treatment failure.

 

A common cause of adrenal crisis is abrupt withdrawal of steroids. This is because secondary adrenocortical insufficiency develops when steroids given as therapy have suppressed the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

 

Causes of sudden loss of adrenal function such as bilateral adrenal gland haemorrhage can also produce adrenal crisis. This may occur due to severe physiological stressors such as myocardial infarction, septic shock or complicated pregnancy, or with concomitant coagulopathy or thromboembolic disorders.