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		deletes on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Where are the 750k Bitcoins lost by Mt. Go... Those two options are not mutually exclusive. If you use it correctly, then bitcoin itself is anonymous.

pjc50 on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

.. which would imply that fraud was untraceable?

deletes on Feb 28, 2014 | [–]

It would not imply that.

pjc50 on Feb 28, 2014 | | [–]

So, if I am induced into sending bitcoins into an address, and subsequently find out that I'm defrauded (e.g., if I were a gox customer), can I trace the fraudster?

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