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Bitcoin is pretty easy to trace. Could more easily disappear if paid in cash.
by anonporridge 5y ago
Bitcoin is pretty easy to trace.
Could more easily disappear if paid in cash.
- sdenton4 5y agoSeems to work well enough for ransomware...
- anonporridge 5y agoActually, no it doesn't. For example, the FBI was able to partially recover the Colonial Pipeline ransom, although that seems to be in part because the perpetrators were stupid by trying to sell it on a US exchange, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_attack#Partial_ransom_recovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline_ransomware_a... Criminals don't use bitcoin anymore. They use cash and monero.