Why do we erect expensive AML gates and push the bad guys from crypto towards hardly traceable cash, when on-chain analytics can track them down by following the money?
FinCEN has proposed to regulate Bitcoin privacy tech under the PATRIOT Act. But the data used to support FinCEN‘s proposal is partial at best, highlighting the gravity of blockchain surveillance software shortcomings.
In a new article, Bloomberg cites partial facts, dismissing concerns regarding Chainalysis accuracy in the ongoing Bitcoin Fog trial as a "smear campaign."
Chainalysis attempts to render Bitcoin Core contributor Bryan Bishop as “unqualified” to audit Chainalysis’ source code as the surveillance firm’s own experts stumble cluelessly around the blockchain.
Renowned lawyer Tor Ekeland is poking holes in the U.S. government's case against alleged Bitcoin Fog creator Roman Sterlingov by poking holes in Chainalysis' forensics.
The work of blockchain analysis companies like Chainalysis isn’t always welcomed by privacy advocates. But for Bitcoiners, this work is worth watching.
