Yes, but a couple of things:
- The government has the wallet, which means they have the complete transactional history
- The government also has street addresses/shipping addresses, cause DPR saved them
- The government also has the entire block chain of bitcoin, so they know every transaction. EVER.
- The indictment was just unsealed, which means they likely already have numerous people in custody
- Questionable things about TOR are also in play here.
All that combined with the fact that if the indictment is true, MOST of bitcoins usage EVER was on Silk Road, (Remember, the USD3.6 million seized was the commission…) So, bitcoin WILL crash. Any future “Silk Roads” that pop up will likely have disinfo campaigns against them by federal agents. Nobody’s going to be able to trust this particular method again.
