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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
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79
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Readers
97/100Critics
61/100Scholars
Author:
Andy Greenberg
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
November 15, 2022
The story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, taking once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence and holding them up to the light.
What The Reviewers Say
Some of this story, in particular the dramatic takedown of the Silk Road and the capture of its creator, Ross Ulbricht, has been told before. Greenberg’s narrative differs from Nick Bilton’s American Kingpin in that it leans more heavily on the point of view of law enforcement. Greenberg has less insight into specific criminal personalities, but that lack is balanced by his level of detail and the absorbing narrative of the investigators. Each key section of the book unfolds like a compact mystery.
... spellbinding.
Greenberg methodically and meticulously explains the way cryptocurrency functions.
A sinuous, eminently readable story.
