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PDF Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords ofCryptocurrency KindleDescription :From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of anew breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposingonce-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. A gripping, strangerthan-fictiontale of how a small team of geeks and federal agents cracked whatwas once thought to be untraceable cryptocurrency. 8221 Garrett M. Graff,New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky andWatergateOver the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueleddigital black markets: cryptocurrency. Crime lords inhabiting lawless corners ofthe internet have operated more freely whether in drug dealing, moneylaundering, or human trafficking than their analog counterparts could haveever dreamed of. By transacting not in dollars or pounds but in currencies withanonymous ledgers, overseen by no government, beholden to no bankers,these black marketeers have sought to rob law enforcement of their chiefmethod of cracking down on illicit finance: following the money.But what if thecenterpiece of this dark economy held a secret, fatal flaw? What if theircurrency wasn 8217 t so cryptic after all? An investigator using the rightmixture of technical wizardry, financial forensics, and old-fashionedpersistence could uncover an entire world of wrongdoing.Tracers in the Dark isa story of crime and pursuit unlike any other. With unprecedented access tothe major players in federal law enforcement and private industry, veterancybersecurity reporter Andy Greenberg tells an astonishing saga of criminalempires built and destroyed. He introduces an IRS agent with a defiant streak,a Bitcoin-tracing Danish entrepreneur, and a colorful ensemble of hardboiledagents and prosecutors as they delve deep into the crypto-underworld. Theresult is a thrilling, globe-spanning story of dirty cops, drug bazaars, traffickingrings, and the biggest takedown of an online narcotics market in the history of
the Internet.Utterly of our time, Tracers in the Dark is a cat-and-mouse storyand a tale of a technological one-upmanship. Filled with canny maneuveringand shocking twists, it answers a provocative question: How would some ofthe world 8217 s most brazen criminals behave if they were sure they couldnever get caught?
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