Your early darknet drug buys are preserved forever in the blockchain, waiting to be connected to your real identity

Does this mean they could go after the ransomware attackers that caused havoc in UK hospitals etc last year?

I think there are already a number of organizations that specialize in de-anonymization since transactions are all in a public ledger. Untraceability was one of the major advantages of bitcoin, but apparently not so anonymous.

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