As recently as 2014-15, law enforcement investigators tended to look upon Blockchain - the peer-to-peer encrypted record of transactions used by Bitcoin - with a mix of horror and frustration. Blockchain’s system of anonymizing transactions made it all but impossible to detect who was using Bitcoin, whether for illicit purposes such as drug dealing, money laundering, murder for … [Read more...]
Far Surveillance Horizon: Blockchain and the Internet of Things
Is the Internet of Things (IoT) the next major avenue for tracking terrorists and criminals? If so, pioneering work is being done not just by the ISS community, but by an emerging group known as the Blockchain Alliance, a consortium of experts who help track criminals on the foremost technology backbone of both the IoT and digital currency: Blockchain. In this two-part … [Read more...]