Bitcoin exchanges.

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Wed Jul 15 04:57:40 PDT 2015


On 07/15/2015 04:37 AM, odinn wrote:

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> Re. your "untraceable" remarks, bitcoin is not untraceable. It's
> basically transparent.  There are a few things that have been added
> recently to enhance privacy, but sorry, not untraceable or anonymous
> or anything like that.

| China-based Bitcoin exchange Bter has announced that it will
| continue to operate its service and pay back all its users in
| time, following a cyberattack that saw the company lose $1.75
| million in cryptocurrency to hackers.
|
| Bter says that it managed to trace the stolen 7,170 BTC to a
| Bitcoin mixer (a cryptocurrency laundering service) called
| Bitcoin Fog, but hasn’t heard from the company despite
| repeated attempts to make contact.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/12/chinese-bitcoin-exchange-bter-will-pay-back-users-after-losing-1-75-million-in-cyberattack/

Bitcoin Fog is a Tor hidden service. If they can successfully launder
7170 BTC, that's good enough for me.

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