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by paulpauper 1882 days ago
becase BTC is the most common and there are still ways to obscure the audit trail, but the efficacy of such methods is declining.
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hi5eyes 1882 days ago
most recently the twitter hacker was arrested after failing to use a btc mixer

https://ciphertrace.com/twitter-hack-update-blockchain-analy...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334421/twitter-hacker-b...

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ipaddr 1882 days ago
Less to do with bitcoin and more to do with random data you would not expect to identify you.

"(KYC) data associated with the accounts—such as ID, birthday and address—revealing their true identities"

Once the coins entered the mixing services they were gone.

It looks like they got the info from the Texas exchange.

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uncletammy 1882 days ago
> It looks like they got the info from the Texas exchange.

I don't think the TX in that article means an exchange based in Texas. I think TX is abbreviating the word "transaction". Every instance of TX is followed directly by a bitcoin transaction id.

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