People like to think that using BitcoinBitcoin1$ 77,295.840.18%-6.01%-15.89%details makes your transactions anonymous. But buried in last month’s special counsel indictment of 12 alleged Russian spies is an explanation of how law enforcement used the blockchain
Because every bitcoin transaction is recorded on a public ledger
One blockchain developer, Tim Cotten, was even able to trace Bitcoin purchases back to Russia’s intelligence agency, the GRU, using only public information. And he agreed to show VICE News how almost anyone with a bitcoin wallet could do something similar.
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