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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by seibelj on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:19PM (#28764306)
Bitcoin transactions are far more traceable and easy to scan than it is to track payments in the offshore world, which involves many jurisdictions, subpoenas, judges, delays, getting stonewalled, etc. Night and day difference in ability to track.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by tornato7 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:29PM (#28764425)
Indeed, once you figure out someone's wallet address it becomes trivial to trace their transactions back to the beginning of Bitcoin.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by geysersam on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:44PM (#28766040)
If they use the same address forever yes.
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