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08/29/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Bitcoin transactions NOT anonymous, Princeton researchers discover; individual names can be linked to most payments

One of the benefits of cryptocurrency technologies like Bitcoin is that all transactions are supposed to be anonymous. But new evidence put forth by researchers from Princeton University suggests that hidden tracking cookies within the Bitcoin platform can actually link transactions directly to users via their activities across the rest of the web. Third-party tracking […]

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