[LINK] Welcome to the jungle

[Kim Holburn]

Except it may be possible to trace bitcoins:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518816/mapping-the-bitcoin-economy-could-reveal-users-identities/


And to know if bitcoins are stolen:
http://www.coindesk.com/what-should-we-do-with-stolen-bitcoins/



On 2013/Nov/08, at 1:24 PM, Jim Birch wrote:

> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-08/bitcoin-site-hacked-founder-says/5078148
> 
> "A bitcoin user who calls himself TradeFortress says more than 4,100
> bitcoins worth about $1.1 million have been robbed from his website.
> 
> The stolen bitcoins are owned by the users of his website, who had trusted
> their bitcoins to him.
> 
> TradeFortress, who says he is not much older then 18, does not want to be
> identified because he is worried about his personal safety.
> 
> He and his users know the chances of getting their bitcoins back are
> extremely unlikely because bitcoin transactions can't be reversed.
> 
> The bitcoin transaction trail is designed to be anonymous, which has led to
> speculation this was an inside job and that TradeFortress took the coins
> for himself.
> 
> But when asked by AM he strenuously denied those accusations, and that
> despite his $1 million dollar loss he is unlikely to report the theft to
> the police."
> 
> 
> and
> 
> "Technology commentator Sthilgarian says the appeal of bitcoin theft, as
> opposed to stocks or bonds, lies in its inability to be traced."
> 
> Possibly a relative of sometime linker Stilgherrian?
> 
> - Jim
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