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Title: [2016-03-09] Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin
Post by: a7mos on March 09, 2016, 08:56:48 PM
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


Title: Re: [2016-03-09] Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin
Post by: indiemax on March 09, 2016, 09:14:37 PM
OK ,the police think it's a good idea

Come on banks, let businesses use it,what you scared of  ;D


Title: Re: [2016-03-09] Why criminals can't hide behind Bitcoin
Post by: RodeoX on March 09, 2016, 09:19:48 PM
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.