Chainalysis - Reading Assignment

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#82

  1. From stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses

  2. HSI, FBI, IRS, HSI, FBI, IRS RCMP, Europol. The national police (NCA) in the UK

  3. Monero

  4. Don’t use mobile wallets that don’t incorporate privacy measures and use Wasabi/Coinjoin.

#83
  1. 5 most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’ are: stolen funds, coming from a dark net market, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorists, or coming from a ransomware payout address.
  2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software? Too bloody many of them, but all the ones you would expect.
  3. The whistleblower recommended Monero as a good cryptocurrency for privacy.
  4. To preserve anonymity when using BTC the whistleblower recommended using a mixer (Wasabi/CoinJoin), avoid using mobile wallets, and use a VPN at all times.
#84

  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?

  2. Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident),

  3. coming from a dnm,

  4. coming from a mixer,

  5. coming from terrorist financing,

  6. coming from ransomware payout addresses.

  7. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    HSI, FBI, IRS, TF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA…

  8. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
    Monero

  9. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    “I would say to avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.” :wink:

#85
  1. Stolen funds, coming from darknet markets, coming form a mixer, terrorist financing, or ransomware payout.
  2. Those fancy three letter agencies.
  3. Monero :heavy_heart_exclamation:
  4. Using mixers and avoid using mobile wallets.
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#86

  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
    “Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”

  2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    include HSI, FBI and IRS

  3. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?

Menero

  1. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    “I would say to avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.”
#87
  • “Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”
  • HSI, FBI, IRS,ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA, Law Enforcement, NYPD, NCA, RCMP, Europol.
  • Monero
  • Final privacy advice from the current or former Chainalysis employee went as follows: “I would say to avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.
#88
  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
  • Being stolen funds,
  • from a dnm,
  • from a mixer,
  • from terrorist financing,
  • from ransomware payout addresses.

  1. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    Most of the big three letter agencies that make up federal law enforcement in the US, the secret service, etc, and large police precincts (such as NYPD) as well as international agencies such as Europol and the UK national police.

  2. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
    Monero is recommended for privacy as well as mixed coins.

  3. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    The whistleblower recommends looking into Wasabi and similar coinjoin operations as well as running a VPN and tor at all times and not to use mobile wallets at all.

#89
  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
    Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.
  2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA
  3. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
    Monero
  4. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times,
#90

1.Being stolen funds, coming from a darknet merchant, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.
2. HSI, FBI and IRS, ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies are running the software, NYPD, RCMP, Europol and NCA in the UK.
3. Monero
4. Avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.

#91

  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
    “Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”

  2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    despotic regimes who will use it to surveil and persecute cryptocurrency users.
    HSI, FBI and IRS (they “seem to have the most licenses, or are, at least, the most active in using our software, since their names come up constantly.”) In addition, “ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies are running the software. Only really large police departments are running the software (it isn’t cheap) like NYPD. I know some district attorney offices have software licenses too, but I don’t know which ones. Oh and RCMP uses the software too. And Europol. The national police (NCA) in the UK, as well.

  3. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
    Monero

  4. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times

#92

  1. “Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”

  2. HSI, FBI and IRS, ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies are running the software. know some district attorney offices have software licenses too, but I don’t know which ones. Oh and RCMP uses the software too. And Europol. The national police (NCA) in the UK, as well.”

–> Ah man… we are fucked!

3/ 4) Monero and the use of Coinjoin and Mixing services together with non mobile wallets, plus VPN and TOR usage

#93
  1. It comes from stolen fund, mixer, terrorist financing, dnm and ransomeware payout addresses.
  2. FBI,HSI,IRS and other governments related entities.
  3. The recommended privacy crypto is Monero
  4. Make sure to use a wallet with privacy features like Wasabi.
#94
  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
  • Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident)
  • Coming from a dnm
  • Coming from a mixer
  • Coming from terrorist financing
  • And coming from ransomware payout addresses.

2.Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?

“According to the anon, the government agencies using Chainalysis software include: HSI, FBI and IRS (they “seem to have the most licenses, or are, at least, the most active in using our software, since their names come up constantly.”) In addition, “ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies are running the software. Only really large police departments are running the software (it isn’t cheap) like NYPD. I know some district attorney offices have software licenses too, but I don’t know which ones. Oh and RCMP uses the software too.” And Europol. The national police (NCA) in the UK, as well.”

3 .What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy? Monero

4. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin? “I would say to avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.”

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#95
  1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
  • Stolen Funds (Hacker Type)
  • Coming from a dnm
  • Coming from a Mixer
    -Coming from Terrorist Financing
  • Coming from Ransomware Payout Addresses
  1. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
  • Law enforcement, Defence contractors and other three-letter agencies(HSI, FBI, IRS, ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, NCA, and CIA).
  1. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
  • Monero and Mixers in case of BTC
  1. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
  • Using mixers that utilise CoinJoin technology.
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#96

1.As for the five likeliest things to have your bitcoin transaction flagged as suspicious, the answer came: “Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”
2.According to the anon, the government agencies using Chainalysis software include HSI, FBI and IRS (they “seem to have the most licenses, or are, at least, the most active in using our software, since their names come up constantly.”) In addition, “ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies are running the software. Only really large police departments are running the software (it isn’t cheap) like NYPD. I know some district attorney offices have software licenses too, but I don’t know which ones. Oh and RCMP uses the software too. And Europol. The national police (NCA) in the UK, as well.”
3.Monero
4. Final privacy advice from the current or former Chainalysis employee went as follows: “I would say to avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.”

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#97

1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?

  1. Coming from Hacking
  2. Coming from a mixer
  3. Coming from a terrorist
  4. Coming from Ransom
  5. Coming from the Dark Web

2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
HSI, IRS, FBI, CIA, ATF, DEA, SEC, and the secret service.

3. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
Monero

4. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
Avoid Mobile wallets, use Coin Mixer service, Run a VPN, use TOR, and avoid using clearnet.

#98

  1. The five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as suspicious are being stolen funds, coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.

  2. The government agencies that use Chainalysis software include the HSI, FBI, IRS, ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), most other federal law enforcement agencies, really large police departments like the NYPD, some district attorney offices, RCMP, Europol, and the national police (NCA) in the UK.

  3. The whistleblower recommended Monero for privacy.

  4. Some advice the whistleblower gave for preserving anonimity when using Bitcoin is to avoid mobile wallets that don’t have privacy measures, look into Wasabi/CoinJoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, and remember that everything you check on the clear net is being logged by someone.

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#99

  • What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
    Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”

  • Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
    ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA (through In Q Tel), and most of the other federal law enforcement agencies. Also NYPD, district attorney generals, RCMP & NCA (UK).

  • What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
    Monero

  • What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
    Avoid mobile wallets, always ran a VPN, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin.

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#100

1. What are the five most likely causes for a Bitcoin transaction being marked as ‘suspicious’?
• Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident)
• Coming from a dnm
• Coming from a mixer
• Coming from Terrorists financing
• Coming from Ransomware payout addresses

2. Which government agencies use Chainalysis software?
HSI, FBI and IRS, ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA and most of the other federal law

3. What cryptocurrency does the whistleblower recommend for privacy?
Monero

4. What advice does the whistleblower give for preserving anonymity when using Bitcoin?
Avoid mobile wallets, look into Wasabi/Coinjoin and similar efforts, run a VPN/tor at all times, remember that everything you check out on the clear net is being logged by someone.

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#101

Being stolen funds (like from a hacking type incident), coming from a dnm, coming from a mixer, coming from terrorist financing, and coming from ransomware payout addresses.”

HSI, FBI， IRS，ATF, DEA, SEC, Secret Service, CIA

Use Mixers and Monero for Privacy

Wasabi

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