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It will probably end up this way. “All outputs in the Bitcoin transaction with hash <...> are illegal to redeem.” This, however, means that criminals (who don
by runeks 6y ago
It will probably end up this way.
“All outputs in the Bitcoin transaction with hash <...> are illegal to redeem.”
This, however, means that criminals (who don’t care about the law) can still use these segregated Bitcoin to transact between themselves — as long as miners aren’t punished by including the illegal transactions in new blocks.
- bradleyjg 6y agoThat seems like the bare minimum but I expect that at some point a ransomware will hit a high enough profile target that the federal goes through the effort of actually tracking down recipients.