Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain

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By msmashMar 20, 2018, 12:44 pm497 ptsHot
German researchers have discovered unknown persons are using bitcoin's blockchain to store and link to child abuse imagery, potentially putting the cryptocurrency in jeopardy. From a report: The blockchain is the open-source, distributed ledger that records every bitcoin transaction, but can also store small…

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