Quote from: Maria3.0 on April 25, 2015, 05:24:50 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on April 25, 2015, 05:21:10 PM

We see reports of police and experts "analyzing the blockchain", usually related to thefts or investigations of some sort.
Does it really take significant skill to "analyze the blockchain" or perhaps it's that human tendency to over-complicate things so 'experts' can (for example) create new income opportunities and consulting businesses?

In general, do you think it takes significant skill to "analyze the blockchain"?

The blockchain is as transparent as it can be. An expert would be someone who fully understands the bitcoin protocol its inputs outputs address and hashes. So the gov would basically hire a bitcoin fan miner programmer to do the "analisis"

Maria

Yes, I think it has mostly to do with tracking transactions, so understanding how bitcoins move and its unputs/outputs would be important.