Amy Hess, FBI, "This shows bitcoin transactions can be traceable" IMO, this is huge.
A statement was made regarding Tor, as well. Sounds like the white hats have more knowledge than the black hats believe is possible.
I agree, anon. Any public blockchain is a public ledger and is traceable to an address and VPN/Tor/anonymizers can be monitored/compromised. It is the fact that the gov is openly stating this that is a big deal, IMO.
https://twitter.com/breaking9111/status/1067819154516951040
https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/authorities-raid-archdiocese-of-galveston-houston-secret-archives/285-618390274