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19. It's anonymous but traceable to account numbers

Mon May 1, 2017, 05:13 PM

May 2017

You just don't know who owns the Bitcoin wallet (account).

At least, that's my understanding.

Anonymous being not the same as untraceable..

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What the heck is this all about? mainer May 2017 #1

And who was he sending it to? SticksnStones May 2017 #16

Ooh, interesting. tanyev May 2017 #2

I haz deciphered the code Achilleaze May 2017 #3

Test transaction? GeorgeGist May 2017 #4

That's the speculation on Louise Mensch's Twitter account. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #5

Interesting that WH employees use crypto currency Nwgirl503 May 2017 #6

Mensch's blog is fascinating reading. And it all makes sense. octoberlib May 2017 #8

"Untraceable transactions"..... as in paying Russian hackers maybe groundloop May 2017 #9

Bitcoin is not untraceable melman May 2017 #15

What was the account he was sending to? ProudLib72 May 2017 #11

From my understanding of bitcoin ProudLib72 May 2017 #18

It's anonymous but traceable to account numbers SticksnStones May 2017 #19

Okay, that helps clarify. Thanks. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #20

.. SticksnStones May 2017 #21

Possible for accounts to be foreign sharedvalues May 2017 #23

Are bitcoin transactions subject to subpoena? Mr. Ected May 2017 #12

Apparently it can be. pnwmom May 2017 #14

Be careful, may be nothing - time is off sharedvalues May 2017 #22

The low amount - $1.13 canetoad May 2017 #26

Post #4 here speculated the same thing. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #27