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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: deadfred on June 11, 2013, 10:33 pm

Title: Block chain & security
Post by: deadfred on June 11, 2013, 10:33 pm
Hi all,

Noob here, in the noob section, so asking a noob question is fine i reckon ^^

So i was doing a little more reading on BTC's and i had a sudden thought, what exactly is the block chain ? and if it is what i think it is what's to stop the authorities busting a vendor , getting into his btc wallet and then using the block chain to trace back the btc's to the legitimate exchange/seller where you brought the btc who would then hand over all the purchases details of the btc ?

prob a silly question , but hay im still getting my post count up too :P