The City of Selling Paper Shadows--Dark Web and Counterfeit Money Transaction Records (2013-2020s)

The City of Selling Paper Shadows--Dark Web and Counterfeit Money Transaction Records (2013-2020s)

From 2013 to the 2020s, behind the anonymity of communication networks, banknotes symbolizing national trust were traded as if they were mass-produced artifacts. Counterfeit euros and dollars were sold for less than half their face value and purchased via bitcoin. It arrived anonymously and was used for small payments for change purposes, for example. Fast food restaurants in the U.S., tourist destinations in Europe, and markets in Asia - the bills slipped in noiselessly, slowly eroding the "trust" in cash, In 2020, several buyers were arrested in the United States. Still, counterfeit bills continued to flow through the mail and online. People are still drawn to the "weight of paper. And even if the weight is false, as long as someone believes in it, it will live on as currency. This is a dark economic history in which trust and deception intersect.