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Bitcoin Is Not Anonymous

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yup-its-bitcoin dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from University College Dublin have conducted an analysis of anonymity on Bitcoin, and found it is not inherently anonymous, and that in many cases, users and their transactions can be identified. They use techniques such as context discovery and flow analysis to investigate and visualize an alleged theft of Bitcoins, which, at the time of the theft, had a market value of approximately half a million U.S. dollars."

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  1. Slashdot and Bitcoin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In order to analyse whetehr Slashdot is overly preoccupied with Bitcoin, I have conducted a rigorous scientific analysis. My methodology relies on the key fact that Google knows everything. To draw on the wisdom of Google, I typed slashdot into my Google search bar. The results are revealing:

    Google suggests (in this order):
    slashdot
    slashdot rss
    slashdotted
    slashdot wiki
    slashdot bitcoin

    Phrases such as "slashdot linux", "slashdot news" and "slashdot " did not appear.

    I'm still working on the conclusions.