An inquiry into money laundering tools in the Bitcoin ecosystem

eCrime Researchers Summit, eCrime

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Moser, Malte ^a   Bohme, Rainer ^a   Breuker, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; Deanonymization; Money Laundering

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANONYMOUS TRANSACTION; ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING; BITCOIN; CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES; DEANONYMIZATION; MODE OF OPERATIONS; MONEY LAUNDERING; PUBLIC INFORMATION;

LAUNDERING;

EID: 84900790682     PISSN: 21591237     EISSN: 21591245     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eCRS.2013.6805780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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