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Tracers in the Dark

Andy Greenberg

How did investigators learn to follow Bitcoin's blockchain and trace criminals who thought dark web money was untraceable?

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Author
Andy Greenberg

Why read it

  • You will understand that Bitcoin's blockchain can serve as evidence, a strange new kind that investigators learned to follow
  • You will see how investigators followed the money to take down dark web markets such as Silk Road and AlphaBay
  • You will notice how one researcher's tracing experiments grew into a company worth billions that tracks crypto payments for investigators

Who it is for

  • A reader curious how cryptocurrency crime is investigated
  • A privacy minded person weighing how anonymous Bitcoin is
  • A student of security or law enforcement

Contents

  1. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  2. PROLOGUE Proof of Concept
  3. CHAPTER 1 Eladio Guzman Fuentes
  4. CHAPTER 2 Nob
  5. CHAPTER 3 The Auditor
  6. CHAPTER 4 Cryptoanarchy
  7. CHAPTER 5 Silk Road
  8. CHAPTER 6 The Dread Pirate
  9. CHAPTER 7 The Puzzle
  10. CHAPTER 8 Men with No Names
  11. CHAPTER 9 Cyber Narc
  12. CHAPTER 10 Glen Park
  13. CHAPTER 11 The Double Agent
  14. CHAPTER 12 Receipts
  15. CHAPTER 13 FrenchMaid, DeathFromAbove
  16. CHAPTER 14 The Trial
  17. CHAPTER 15 Collapse
  18. CHAPTER 16 Dirty Money
  19. CHAPTER 17 Noise
  20. CHAPTER 18 The Second Agent
  21. CHAPTER 19 A Hole in the Vault
  22. CHAPTER 20 BTC-e
  23. CHAPTER 21 WME
  24. CHAPTER 22 Vinnik
  25. CHAPTER 23 Consolation Prizes
  26. CHAPTER 24 Alpha02
  27. CHAPTER 25 The Tip
  28. CHAPTER 26 Cazes
  29. CHAPTER 27 Thailand
  30. CHAPTER 28 Tunafish
  31. CHAPTER 29 Rawmeo
  32. CHAPTER 30 Hansa
  33. CHAPTER 31 Takeover
  34. CHAPTER 32 “Advanced Analysis”
  35. CHAPTER 33 The Athenee
  36. CHAPTER 34 Takedown
  37. CHAPTER 35 Captivity
  38. CHAPTER 36 Postmortem
  39. CHAPTER 37 The Trap
  40. CHAPTER 38 Aftermath
  41. CHAPTER 39 Suvarnabhumi Airport
  42. CHAPTER 40 Five Characters
  43. CHAPTER 41 “Serach Videos”
  44. CHAPTER 42 Octopus
  45. CHAPTER 43 Test Cases
  46. CHAPTER 44 Seoul
  47. CHAPTER 45 The Net
  48. CHAPTER 46 Ripples
  49. CHAPTER 47 Open Season
  50. CHAPTER 48 Limits
  51. CHAPTER 49 Gray Zones
  52. CHAPTER 50 Rumker
  53. EPILOGUE
  54. SOURCE NOTES

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