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Why would they encode the ip in transactions sent to an address instead of from an address? Anyone can send BTC to an address, while only the botnet operators w
by A_No_Name_Mouse 6y ago
Why would they encode the ip in transactions sent to an address instead of from an address? Anyone can send BTC to an address, while only the botnet operators would be able to send from it. Then it would be unlockable.
- kadoban 6y agoIn some detailed examinations, if you're quite pedantic, there are no "from" addresses in Bitcoin. Which I only mention to lead into: more concretely there may have been no easy way to tell when there was a spend "from" a certain address with the tools they were using to check. "Have I been paid yet?" is a much better supported use-case in Bitcoin than "Hey let me know when I just sent out money", so it's quite easy for the tooling for that to be easier to find. And malware authors are pretty lazy generally.