https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/07/25/eu-report-criminals-lack-skill-use-cryptocurrencies/
Ahahaha they are having a laugh and sadly, for good reason.
Bitcoin. Isn't it wonderful? You read that its a decentralized currency, completely anonymous and easy to use, and that's it. You are convinced and fooled into thinking that all you have to do, is to use bitcoin and you're safe. Wrong.
Alphabay's owner was found through Blockchain Analysis:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFW39UYW0AQOQFB.jpg:large
Bitcoin, through design, is actually the most transparent crypto-currency, every transaction is public, can be followed and monitored live. So why do they say its anonymous, untraceable? Well, because it can be but if, and only if, the user follows other protocols when converting to cash and vice versa. If you rush into cashing out/in, and you skip certain steps into keeping your funds anonymous, you're fucked.
And when you deal with a great amount of bitcoins, its close to impossible not to slip. At one point, you will spend some bitcoins without properly washing them and you only need to do it once.
And in the light of that locktime excel file discovery, I would look at the positive side: this confirms that LE is still using traditional means to identify TOR users.
So, my dear friends, read more about how to take advantage of the wonderful features offered by Bitcoin and don't take anything for granted, especially your right to privacy.
Edit: Several Inglish fails.
Use Monero as an upgrade in your opsec. It does the job for you. No need to tumble.