The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anonymity

Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by jancsika on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:13PM (#35548371)

So what? It's still decentralized and

waits ten minutes

secure.

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by wesapien on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:38PM (#35549257)

Can you be specific on what are you alluding to?

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by dsr_ on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:12PM (#35549520)

I took it to be a reference to slow transaction rates.

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by pazimzadeh on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:18PM (#35549565)

I think he's talking about doing the laundry or something to clean his money. he puts in on the quick wash cycle multiple times?

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by jtsiskin on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:17PM (#35550015)

The target block time is 10 minutes, and you need to wait multiple blocks to be confident you’re really on the longest chain

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