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How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"This is the story of the revelation in late 2013 that Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system."

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[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I missed a year ya pedantic donkey

I heard about it around that time and it was as stupid then as it is now

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

as stupid as they are, if you had installed it and mined it for a few minutes, you'd be millionaire now.

I assume that's why they enrage you.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

And if you're at the top of a pyramid scheme, you can become a millionaire, too.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Ass U Me more. Money is not a motivational factor for all. There is virtually no benefit of crypto currencies that arent out weighed by all the negative factors.

If im gonna needlessly waste money it will be for research (folding@home) This is at least benefits others