Bitcoin Spam Tests ‘Could Violate UK Law’

By September 4, 2015Bitcoin Business

The bitcoin stress tests planned by CoinWallet could breach UK law, a legal professional has suggested.

The claim was first posted on Reddit yesterday, with user ‘btcdrak’ asserting: "The Computer Misuse Act 1990 in the United Kingdom makes it an offence to deliberately cause disruption to computer systems with intent."

Eitan Jankelewitz, associate at UK law firm Sheridans , said he would tend to agree with this assessment.The aim of these stress tests is to verify […]

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