Legal research paper about Bitcoin and privacy

3 replies 312 views
tom_guruMember
Posts: 7 · Reputation: 155
#1Feb 14, 2020, 12:59 PM
I'm about to start working on a legal research paper, basically a law journal article for my class here in the US, focusing on the global legal aspects of Bitcoin. I'm tackling this for my International Telecommunications Law course (please don’t roast me, I know it could fit into a bunch of different areas, but it works for this class, and my professor is super helpful compared to my other options). I plan to send it out to a few Tech and Economic Law journals.
2 Reply Quote Share
SilentBridgeSenior Member
Posts: 124 · Reputation: 827
#2Feb 16, 2020, 12:35 PM
I watched this recently, it might be helpful for an initial insight: https://youtu.be/aRds5RvexYg It's a pretty good summary. If you have used bitcoin, you'll know of the drawbacks with anonymity already and there are many companies running chain analysis on every transaction.
4 Reply Quote Share
WildCoinFull Member
Posts: 83 · Reputation: 316
#3Feb 16, 2020, 03:25 PM
In the early years of Bitcoin, anonymity or that capacity to send Bitcoin to anyone anytime and of course anytime without the need to identify the sender and the receiver was touted as one of the many advantages of dealing with this cryptocurrency. But then we realized this can be a wrong notion as all the transactions are recorded in the ledger or the blockchain and right now there are already tracking technologies that are looking for footprints to identify the possible sender and the receiver. Hence, we already have cases in courts of successful prosecution of illegal transactions using Bitcoin.  I just read this very good and very plain explanation about Bitcoin's anonymity and that it is in fact should be called as pseudonymous where it is said that sending/receiving Bitcoin is akin to writing under a pseudonym. Anyway, I am wishing you the best in your endeavor of writing an academic legal paper on Bitcoin & Anonymity.
2 Reply Quote Share
chris.apeMember
Posts: 61 · Reputation: 196
#4Feb 16, 2020, 05:38 PM
As always, I'll recommend this wiki article as an introduction to privacy and anonymity when it comes to using Bitcoin, perhaps it'll help you with your work: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Privacy
0 Reply Quote Share

Related topics