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Characteristics of Bitcoin Transactions on Cryptomarkets

Chen, Xucan
Hasan, Mohammed Al
Wu, Xintao
Skums, Pavel
Feizollahi, Mohammed Javad
Ouellet, Marie
Sevigny, Eric L.
Maimon, David
Wu, Yubao
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Cryptomarkets (or darknet markets) are commercial hidden-service websites that operate on The Onion Router (Tor) anonymity network. Cryptomarkets accept primarily bitcoin as payment since bitcoin is pseudonymous. Understanding bitcoin transaction patterns in cryptomarkets is important for analyzing vulnerabilities of privacy protection models in cryptocurrecies. It is also important for law enforcement to track illicit online crime activities in cryptomarkets. In this paper, we discover interesting characteristics of bitcoin transaction patterns in cryptomarkets. The results demonstrate that the privacy protection mechanism in cryptomarkets and bitcoin is vulnerable. Adversaries can easily gain valuable information for analyzing trading activities in cryptomarkets.

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<p>For a copy of the paper, please email David Maimon (dmaimon@gsu.edu).</p>
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2019-01-01
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Cryptomarket, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Peeling chain, Transaction graph
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Chen X. et al. (2019) Characteristics of Bitcoin Transactions on Cryptomarkets. In: Wang G., Feng J., Bhuiyan M., Lu R. (eds) Security, Privacy, and Anonymity in Computation, Communication, and Storage. SpaCCS 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11611. Springer, Cham.
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