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by ateevchopra 3427 days ago
Bitcoin's whole system is transparent. You can always see all the transactions happening. So there is no way one can hide. I recommend you reading this article for details.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/why-criminals-cant-hi...

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There's absolutely no way of knowing who owns the addresses. We have a saying for this: "Hiding in plain sight."
And that is why crypto-hackers use bitcoin!