"The U.S. Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist—and Bitcoin’s Anonymity"
A college kid turns a Bitcoin bug into $3.4 billion. 😮
But the feds pierced the crypto veil and he's going to jail.
Remarkable story.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-blockchain-hacking-arrests-93a4cb29
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@davemark Ha! #Bitcoin never had anonymity!
I guess really this headline is showing that people are still misrepresenting Bitcoin as being anonymous. It's not, it never has been, and people have been trying hard over the years to make sure users know that.
Well I guess there's more work to be done here.
Bitcoin puts all transactions on a public ledger that anybody is free to read. That is core to the whole idea. Anybody looking for anonymity, Bitcoin is not the place to go.
