Quote from: allinvain on June 16, 2011, 03:25:08 AM

Quote from: synergy543 on June 15, 2011, 10:37:41 PM

@Allinvain - Bitcoins are apparently very traceble. Check this out....

This article has some very interesting information.
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Bitcoin-exchanges-offer-anti-money-laundering-aid-2011-06-15T220113Z

"Karpeles [MagicalTux] said Bitcoin transactions were in fact traceable. He said that while the system had been built to be anonymous, it was "really easy to track Bitcoins across the network."

"Donald Norman, the co-founder of a London-based consultancy that serves Bitcoin exchanges, said that a data file existed which reflected the complete history of Bitcoin transactions, so that "the ownership of every single coin is completely known and traceable."

I hope that someone still has this data file and is continually expanding it.

The block chain? Although he's mad if he thinks that ownership can be traced beyond this address has this amount of Bitcoin. Of course, some addresses can be linked to the owners, but certainly not all.