Is this anon identifying Bitcoin wallets through IP addresses?
An anonymous entity has been using 812 IP addresses to ask Bitcoin nodes what software they’re using — but it’s not clear why.
Cryptocurrency news by Protos · Protos
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An anonymous ‘entity’ that has been opening connections to Bitcoin nodes and listening to transaction announcements is likely a corporation performing some kind of blockchain analysis, according to pseudonymous Bitcoin app developer 0xB10C.
In a blog post published on Tuesday, 0xB10C detailed how the unknown individual or group appears to be trying to collect IP addresses of Bitcoin users and link them to their BTC addresses.
Listen to the article to find out how the unkown entity is finding these IP addresses and for what ends.
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