Old news. Bitcoin was/is never anonymous, it was/is pseudonymous. Tracking of Bitcoin was/is always possible unless countermeasures were/are taken, like coinmixing. You can always use an AltCoin.
Gr. Peter ____________________________________________________________ Op 24-08-17 om 23:17 grarpamp wrote: > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608716/bitcoin-transactions-arent-as-anonymous-as-everyone-hoped/ > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15085522 > https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.04748.pdf > > Cookies, conversions, CoinJoins, analysis > > https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/08/23/2234207/irs-now-has-a-tool-to-unmask-bitcoin-tax-evaders > http://www.thedailybeast.com/irs-now-has-a-tool-to-unmask-bitcoin-tax-cheats > https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3935924-IRS-Chainalysis-Contract.html > > You can use bitcoin. But you can't hide from the taxman. At least, > that's the hope of the Internal Revenue Service, which has purchased > specialist software to track those using bitcoin, according to a > contract obtained by The Daily Beast. The document highlights how law > enforcement isn't only concerned with criminals accumulating bitcoin > from selling drugs or hacking targets, but also those who use the > currency to hide wealth or avoid paying taxes. The IRS has claimed > that only 802 people declared bitcoin losses or profits in 2015; > clearly fewer than the actual number of people trading the > cryptocurrency -- especially as more investors dip into the world of > cryptocurrencies, and the value of bitcoin punches past the $4,000 > mark. Maybe lots of bitcoin traders didn't realize the government > expects to collect tax on their digital earnings, or perhaps some > thought they'd be able to get away with stockpiling bitcoin thanks to > the perception that the cryptocurrency is largely anonymous. > > "The purpose of this acquisition is to help us trace the movement of > money through the bitcoin economy," a section of the contract reads. > The Daily Beast obtained the document through the Freedom of > Information Act. The contractor in this case is Chainalysis, a startup > offering its "Reactor" tool to visualize, track, and analyze bitcoin > transactions. Chainalysis' users include law enforcement agencies, > banks, and regulatory entities. The software can follow bitcoin as it > moves from one wallet to another, and eventually to an exchange where > the bitcoin user will likely cash out into dollars or another > currency. This is the point law enforcement could issue a subpoena to > the exchange and figure out who is really behind the bitcoin. > > https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/6u72kt/cryptocurrency_returns_for_2017/ > https://hackcabin.com/post/dont-mine-bitcoin-mine-altcoins/ >
