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Bitcoin: Where does the trail of illegal transactions lead? (2021x21)

Udgivelsesdato: Maj 18, 2021

Drugs, forged documents, stolen credit card details. You can get all of this on the dark web. Payments and sales are primarily made in Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency allows criminals to hide their identity. But Bitcoin is more transparent than many people know: Every transaction made with Bitcoin is stored on the so-called blockchain. It is the technology behind Bitcoin and a kind of cash book that everyone can see. STRG_F reporters Zita and Timo ventured into new journalistic territory and, together with blockchain expert Jochen Schäfer, followed suspected illegally earned coins. A search that led the team from the darknet forum “Crimenetwork” through a residential area to Tübingen to a crypto billionaire.