Topic: [2016-03-09] Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin (Read 423 times)
Of course if the criminal knows how to actually use bitcoin then you will have no clue what has happened and no records of any value remain. Fortunately, criminals are generally quite stupid.
OK ,the police think it's a good idea
Come on banks, let businesses use it,what you scared of
Come on banks, let businesses use it,what you scared of
Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin
The beauty of Bitcoin, from a detective’s point of view, is that the blockchain records all. “If you catch a dealer with drugs and cash on the street, you’ve caught them committing one crime,” Meiklejohn says. “But if you catch people using something like Silk Road, you’ve uncovered their whole criminal history,” she says. “It’s like discovering their books.”
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/why-criminals-cant-hide-behind-bitcoin
The beauty of Bitcoin, from a detective’s point of view, is that the blockchain records all. “If you catch a dealer with drugs and cash on the street, you’ve caught them committing one crime,” Meiklejohn says. “But if you catch people using something like Silk Road, you’ve uncovered their whole criminal history,” she says. “It’s like discovering their books.”
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/why-criminals-cant-hide-behind-bitcoin
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