But even with their SHA256 hashpower, has anyone made any attempt to track the origins of the bitcoins paid out, and where the block was generated and relayed?
I have tried and it's pretty much hopeless.
They've clearly put a ton of effort in to making it as hard to track as possible.
It looks sort of like an exchange (creating a new address for each tx) however unlike an exchange I cannot find the source of the funds because the btc is forwarded through hundreds if not thousands of addresses after the origin (of which I haven't found).
Feel free to click away and if you do eventually find the origin, please do share.