If you checkout their website they only report your IP for 4 reasons:
1.Botnet
2.Theft
3.Hacked
4.Malware
The listed IP will be listed with the actual reason of the blacklist, they locate the host server where the IP is located and review it for any mistakes. Also, If your IP has been blacklisted by mistake you can contact them to resolve the issue. If computer has malware or a botnet it can be mining or hacking bitcoins from your PC without your knowledge.
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Any lurkers here are welcome to contact Bitcoin Bandits with ideas on how to improve the service. Their goal is to mitigate Bitcoin fraud, which us good for all of us.
Well, except for the scammers.
Well, except for the scammers.
I don't plan on signing up for the service.
But as a thought, it might be nice if they give at minimum a one-line reason why any given IP address is considered a "bandit" address. Not only so we can vet their info for ourselves, but so we can recognize and respond to wrong info (like, your own IP address being on there, with no legitimate reason for it.)
Any lurkers here are welcome to contact Bitcoin Bandits with ideas on how to improve the service. Their goal is to mitigate Bitcoin fraud, which us good for all of us.
Well, except for the scammers.
Well, except for the scammers.
I think its a cool idea.
Anything to reduce scammers is a plus...
Thanks for sharing!
URLs? Both your post and the website only mention IPs. An IP address is not uniquely identifying data.
This is a dump concept. Here's why.
We have a small but active Bitcoin ecology emerging down here, made up of people who want to use Bitcoin for international trade, rather than just mining and day trading. We are, after all, the only part of the USA that is closer to dozens and dozens of foreign capitals than we are to Washington, DC, and all five of the major languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere—English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Haitian Creole—are spoken by locals.
I am pleased that he got this up in time for the Bitcoin 2013 conference. I look forward to promoting it there.
Drink Miami coffee: Do cool stuff faster!
I am pleased that he got this up in time for the Bitcoin 2013 conference. I look forward to promoting it there.
Drink Miami coffee: Do cool stuff faster!
Asking for emails for specific BTC users, very suspicious.
More interesting is the receivablesxchange tracker hidden here: http://bitcoinbandits.org/giftcard-files/analytics_002
We have a small but active Bitcoin ecology emerging down here, made up of people who want to use Bitcoin for international trade, rather than just mining and day trading. We are, after all, the only part of the USA that is closer to dozens and dozens of foreign capitals than we are to Washington, DC, and all five of the major languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere—English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Haitian Creole—are spoken by locals.
I am pleased that he got this up in time for the Bitcoin 2013 conference. I look forward to promoting it there.
Drink Miami coffee: Do cool stuff faster!
I am pleased that he got this up in time for the Bitcoin 2013 conference. I look forward to promoting it there.
Drink Miami coffee: Do cool stuff faster!
Asking for emails for specific BTC users, very suspicious.
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