Lol this is not how it works. You are not “assigned” a number. The wallet address you create can, in NO WAY, be traced to you unless you spend the coins to a known address.
Yep. Law enforcement can trace, reverse and seize most crypto transactions. Not sure about Monero but most of the others can be. Look at the oil pipeline ransom: Bitcoin paid and recovered.
I'm sure it was fake, but point still stands, LE can seize Bitcoin. I've got family with a large police agency and he absolutely can and has tracked and seized Bitcoin.
Like every crime (anything the government don't want you to do), you'll only get away as long as you don't do a stupid mistake that can tie you to the crime. Encrypting every file on someones computer and demand a ransom is a pretty serious crime, if you ever plan to do that, make sure that you know how to stay anonymous.
You can't just receive a crypto payment and then think you're 100% safe from any consequence, that's not how crypto works. But if used correctly, yes then you can be fully anonymous.
Lol this is not how it works. You are not “assigned” a number. The wallet address you create can, in NO WAY, be traced to you unless you spend the coins to a known address.
Yep. Law enforcement can trace, reverse and seize most crypto transactions. Not sure about Monero but most of the others can be. Look at the oil pipeline ransom: Bitcoin paid and recovered.
I'm sure it was fake, but point still stands, LE can seize Bitcoin. I've got family with a large police agency and he absolutely can and has tracked and seized Bitcoin.
So what, it's only untraceable as long as you never spend it?
Like every crime (anything the government don't want you to do), you'll only get away as long as you don't do a stupid mistake that can tie you to the crime. Encrypting every file on someones computer and demand a ransom is a pretty serious crime, if you ever plan to do that, make sure that you know how to stay anonymous.
You can't just receive a crypto payment and then think you're 100% safe from any consequence, that's not how crypto works. But if used correctly, yes then you can be fully anonymous.