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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: jaap002 on March 19, 2012, 03:35 pm

Title: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: jaap002 on March 19, 2012, 03:35 pm

Hi there,

I have a question about bitcoins and the safety.
If someone send bitcoins from mtgox.com to my SR account, is it then possible that i can be located or traced true my real IP-number even if i use tor?
So if i log in on that account that no one can see my real location even the government / police etc?

Thanks a lot!

Greets locatable

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: ins3 on March 19, 2012, 03:42 pm

I recommend using a VPN doing anything related to SR.

I strongly recommend BlackVPN. There are several servers in Lithuania, Netherlands, Ukraine, Russia and a few others. Costs around 30 euros for 3 months. They are very trustable.

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: jaap002 on March 19, 2012, 04:06 pm

Thanks a lot! I gonna find out more about BlackVPN.

And if i let someone send me the bitcoins, and i do nothing whit the bitcons,and i only log in true TOR to see if they are transferred to me, even then there is a chance that i get caught?

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: jaap002 on March 21, 2012, 07:46 pm

up! :-)

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: vlad1m1r on March 21, 2012, 08:19 pm

Hi buddy,

Suggest you take a look at Bitcoin's page on this topic:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Anonymity

In brief you can hugely increase your anonymity by :

- Using a new Bitcoin address each time you receive money (most bitcoin wallet software does this for you automatically anyway)
- Moving your money regularly across several wallets.
- Encrypting your wallet.

If you're feeling ultra paranoid you can also use a Bitcoin mixing service like BitCoin Fog which for a small commission will take coins you deposit and pay them back to you in random amounts at sporadic intervals, I suppose it could be called money laundering. I would only recommend this for large amounts of cash.

I could be wrong but I don't think you need to worry too much about this - even if someone could prove that the 20 dollar bill in your wallet was the same one used to buy a line of coke three months ago, how would they prove it was you holding the cash at the time?

Quote from: jaap002 on March 19, 2012, 04:06 pm

Thanks a lot! I gonna find out more about BlackVPN.

And if i let someone send me the bitcoins, and i do nothing whit the bitcons,and i only log in true TOR to see if they are transferred to me, even then there is a chance that i get caught?

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: dr34dl0ck on March 21, 2012, 08:35 pm

I think the addresses are random and aren't traced to SR

Title: Re: Bitcoins locatable?
Post by: jaap002 on March 21, 2012, 08:57 pm

Thank you both!

This weekend i gonna read all the info, and i hope i can figure it out.
I think the site that vlad1m1r give me is really helpful!