Comment on FBI created a crypto token so it could watch it being abused • The Register
jonne@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Creating a whole new chain seems unnecessary since chains are just public ledgers anyway. It’s always been trivial to trace trades with most currencies.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
They probably wanted a completely virgin chain, one they had complete control over (socially anyway) so that they could see how it’s used and most importantly where the users come from.
drwho@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
And study the techniques used for currency manipulation, fraud, and so forth.