Probing the mystery of cryptocurrency theft, an investigation into methods for cryptocurrency tainting analysis

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Abstract

Since the creation of Bitcoin, transaction tracking is one of the prominent means for following the movement of Bitcoins involved in illegal activities. Although every Bitcoin transaction is recorded in the blockchain database, which is transparent for anyone to observe and analyse, Bitcoin's pseudonymity system and transaction obscuring techniques still allow criminals to disguise their transaction trail. While there have been a few attempts to develop tracking methods, there is no accepted evaluation method to measure their accuracy. Therefore, this paper investigates strategies for transaction tracking by introducing two new tainting methods, and proposes an address profiling approach with a metrics-based evaluation framework. We use our approach and framework to compare the accuracy of our new tainting methods with the previous tainting techniques, using data from two real Bitcoin theft transactions and several related control transactions.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventCryptocurrency Research Conference 2019 - Southampton, United Kingdom
Duration: 15 Jun 201916 Jun 2019
Conference number: 2
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/news/events/2019/06/15-cryptocurrency-research-conference.page

Conference

ConferenceCryptocurrency Research Conference 2019
Abbreviated titleCRC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CitySouthampton
Period15/06/1916/06/19
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Keywords

  • Address Profiling
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Tainting Analysis
  • Transaction Tracking

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