Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
prole@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoYeah, but retrieving actual useful currency from that wallet becomes nearly impossible. At that point, the only way, really, is peer-to-peer transaction. And even then, it seems fraught.
maness300@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Then how do people set up drug empires built around it?
Use your brains.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The same way they do everywhere else… Complex webs of money laundering, but that’s not cheap, or easy.
maness300@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Or nearly impossible, as evidenced by the litany of small-time vendors who have been operating for years.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
You said drug empires, not guy selling 8 balls and 10 packs on a darknet market.
I’m not going to provide sourcing for my throw away comment, take it, or leave it, doesn’t really matter to me.