But the trial really came up to speed on Thursday, which saw a revelation that once again highlighted the absence of default anonymity in the Bitcoin system. Former FBI agent Ilhwan Yum revealed to have found that some 700,000 bitcoins were sent directly from Silk Road's servers near Philadelphia (USA) and Reykjavik (Iceland) to Ulbricht's laptop. No tumblers, no detours, no tricks. “Direct, one-to-one transfers”, Yum emphasized.
Matters are looking bleak for Ulbricht indeed.
. What an absolute idiot. This guy seems to have been pretty naive in certain circumstances. Why would he not even attempt to mix his coins. There's no way he's going to get out of this. Bleak indeed.
