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> how would this work if the actor decided to send the vast majority coins to many random, arbitrary accounts? (e.g. arbitrarily sending coins to everyone who h
by jnbiche 9y ago
> how would this work if the actor decided to send the vast majority coins to many random, arbitrary accounts? (e.g. arbitrarily sending coins to everyone who has
Then they'd have to take those coins off the blacklist, or else prepare to deal with an increasingly intractable tracking problem. Ethically, that would be the less bad option, since the thief would be deprived off the income, even if it's not returned to the victim.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoWhat if a portion of those sent coins are sent to attacker-owned wallets?
- jowsie 9y agoCrypto laundering seems pretty interesting.
- jnbiche 9y agoIf it's a non-negligible amount compared to other wallets, that would be pretty easy to track down. I mean, you'd look at new wallets compared to existing wallets.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoThe attackers can still poison new wallets that appear on the chain - either you effectively shut down new wallet creation, or let the attackers possibly spend their coins.