Investigating Cryptocurrencies: Understanding, Extracting, and Analyzing Blockchain Evidence

Investigate crimes involving cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies

Bitcoin has traditionally been the payment system of choice for a criminal trading on the Dark Web, and now many other blockchain cryptocurrencies are entering the mainstream as traders are accepting them from low-end investors putting their money into the market. Worse still, the blockchain can even be used to hide information and covert messaging, unknown to most investigators.

Investigating Cryptocurrencies is the first book to help corporate, law enforcement, and other investigators understand the technical concepts and the techniques for investigating crimes utilizing the blockchain and related digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Understand blockchain and transaction technologies  Set up and run cryptocurrency accountsBuild information about specific addressesAccess raw data on blockchain ledgersIdentify users of cryptocurrenciesExtracting cryptocurrency data from live and imaged computersFollowing the money

With nearly $150 billion in cryptocurrency circulating and $3 billion changing hands daily, crimes committed with or paid for with digital cash are a serious business. Luckily, Investigating Cryptocurrencies Forensics shows you how to detect it and, more importantly, stop it in its tracks.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2018
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119480582
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119480587
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #331,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #63 in Computer Cryptography #63 in Web Encryption #890 in Computer Science (Books)
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