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RE: Synthorn- ICO for Synthetic Rhino Horn Dick Pills

in #scam-ico7 years ago

Thank you for your thoughts. While many conservation organizations oppose "synthetics," there is a growing body of evidence that supports their development:

https://www.pembient.com/conservation/

As far as customs is concerned, smugglers view the confiscation of suspect horn as a tax, a tax that they budget for and that rhinos pay through additional harvesting. Furthermore, customs officials often do not undertake the expensive and time-consuming efforts (e.g., controlled delivery) needed to dismantle the smuggling networks.

If necessary, we can assist customs by including a secret DNA watermark in our product, so they don't waste their time tracking synthetics:

https://singularityhub.com/2010/05/24/venters-newest-synthetic-bacteria-has-secret-messages-coded-in-its-dna/

However, assuming synthetic horn is cheaper than illegal [wild] horn and there is no way to certify the latter, the case of a "mixture of both illegal [wild] and synthetic horn" (i.e., laundering) should never happen. That is, it would be more profitable to sell synthetic horns as wild than wild horns as wild, so why ship a mixture?

Finally, the job of customs is going to continue to increase in difficulty regardless of synthetics:

http://www.traffic.org/home/2017/9/17/organized-criminal-gangs-behind-rhino-horn-processing-in-sou.html