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If Bitcoin is pseudorandom and trackable why is it so popular
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If Bitcoin is pseudorandom and trackable why is it so popular among criminals?
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>>55381332
because who the fuck is gonna bother looking at the blockchain
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>>55381567
Police?
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>>55381332
pseudoanon*
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>>55381332
Why would any criminal use a currency where each unit has a unique serial number you can follow?

You know, like US cash?
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>>55381621
way easier just to beat people loosely connected to the culprit until they give you info
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>>55381642
The path a dollar has taken and who it's associated with isn't maintained.
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bitcoin a shit

literally impossible to buy bitcoins without giving up personal information.. how dumb
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>>55381688
>what are mules
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Because they don't need an exchange.

/thread
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>>55382048
wut?
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>>55382094
What use is it if it's trackable, but the criminal can't be identified (unless he's dumb)?
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How can they track laundered money?
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>>55382141
Why don't they need an exchange?
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>>55381674
neither is it for bitcoin. an IP is associated with the action it issues in the blockchain. you can rent vpn services for bitcoin and of course theres tons of other ways to disconnect your persona from your online activities.
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>>55381621
Yeah uhhh no one is going to pay a cryptanalyst $150k a year to track down mail order methheads and MDMA raver kiddies.
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>>55384455
Why can't it be automated
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