Topic: How is bitcoin linked to the main owner? - page 2. (Read 190 times)
It is possible because the blockchain is public, anyone can track the transactions, despite not having a name linked to a wallet, in this case he left traces and was caught, which in the end is what always happens to those who decide to go to the world of crime.
Read this fascinating story of a young bitcoin fellow named Jimmy who stole from silk road. The site happened to have a glitch and Jimmy withdrew 50,000 btc. The owner of silk road contacted him when it appeared to him, that 50k btc disappeared from his wallet due to the glitch, but Jimmy afforded him no help. Later, Jimmy transferred $800 to a KYC enabled exchange, and the cops were able to link it back to the stolen 50,000btc from silk road. How possible is this?
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