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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by FDSGSG on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @07:21AM (#26805539)
This is not true.
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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by smeej on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:09AM (#26808178)
We'll probably never find out, but there are plenty of blacklisted addresses miners won't touch. Ignorance of this is revealing.
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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by mxd3 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:52AM (#26816576)
What miners are blacklisting addresses? $623m in hacked Bitfinex funds were moved today without issue.[1]

[1] https://www.coindesk.com/623m-in-bitcoin-from-2016-bitfinex-...

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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by ric2b on Sunday April 18, 2021 @06:58PM (#26857328)
Transactions are broadcasted well before they are included in a block, so we'd know immediately if it happened.
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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by FDSGSG on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:47AM (#26831759)
I am deeply familiar with these systems. Maybe there are miners out there doing this, but it's not widespread enough to have any impact.
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