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If the hacker could send to that address they could send to one they controlled. I rate your theory as doubtful.
by nullc 3y ago
If the hacker could send to that address they could send to one they controlled. I rate your theory as doubtful.
- Stevvo 3y agoPlausible the motivation was pure malice rather than financial gain.
- smolder 3y agoI think the idea is that if they did that, they'd be caught? There are mixers and monero and stuff, but maybe that's not enough.
- jtxx 3y ago+1, it's gotten pretty easy to do bitcoin tracing these days IIRC. there's definitely cash out methods but for this large of a sum, seems like it'd be difficult?
- nullc 3y agoAn address is essentially a random number, it would be as safe to send to a random number they generated as one that Satoshi generated. Now using it further from there might indeed be problematic... but also a champaign problem.
- OJFord 3y agoYes but random throws someone random under the bus (potentially) and doesn't carry the bragging rights GP suggests.
- nullc 3y agoI wasn't suggesting they could pay to someone else. They could pay to their own address at no more risk than paying the genesis block address. The risk to them comes when they try to spend the funds later. They'd always have the option of dumping them on something unconnected to them for bragging rights with relatively low marginal risk.
- d3w4s9 3y agoI'd think these criminals must have a way to "properly" do money laundering without getting caught too easily, e.g. sending to an account they control that can't really be tracked down to a person, cashing out in a country with near zero regulation of cryptocurrency, then somehow getting real money out of it. It would be surprising if this isn't already an entire business out there.
- vincnetas 3y agoJust generate new wallet and never touch it again :D