Crypto Currencies & Privacy by GreyS3c

The more mainstream media outlets and a lot of politicians have been pushing the narrative that all crypto-currencies are untraceable, highlighting their use as the preferred medium in cyber-crime events (namely ransomware attacks). Now, I always found this a bit strange given the mission statement of most of these blockchains, which is to produce a more transparent payment and audit system – but I’ve been finding most things said on the news pretty strange these days.

Regardless, this widespread belief has made some aspects of my investigations much easier, especially those involving crypto payouts or transfers. In this post, we’ll dig into the questions of privacy, check out some tools and their features, then try to put ourselves in the minds of the people who use these for nefarious purposes.

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