Post written by Nicholas Weaver
Nicholas Weaver is computer security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley
Many have quipped that the cryptocurrency known as bitcoin are really “prosecution futures,” because rather than being anonymous, bitcoins can be remarkably easy to trace since every transaction between pseudonymous addresses is publicly recorded. With the ongoing trial of Ross Ulbricht over allegations that he was the kingpin known as the Dread Pirate Roberts behind the Silk Road online drug marketplace, this […]