Bitcoin and modern alchemy: In code we trust

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-169

  Simser, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asset forfeiture; Bitcoin; Money laundering; Virtual currency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928885734     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFC-11-2013-0067     Document Type: Article

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