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Not if they mix the coins, and anyone employing ransomware will be using a mixer.
by sillysaurus3 10y ago
Not if they mix the coins, and anyone employing ransomware will be using a mixer.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI remember seeing some articles that show that mixers and tumblers are not as anonymizing as they promise to be, but can't track them down now. Not to mention, it only takes a single mistake.
- Animats 10y agoIf there are enough transactions, you can follow the money through a mixer. You'll see coins going into the mixer, and, after a while, items that sum to the same amount minus the laundering fee coming out. It's statistically noisy, but that's what big data is for.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoTransactions can be traced through mixers and there are several companies offering solutions to the problem mixers introduce.