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The blockchain is a relatively complex entity of information that exists on the internet and is continuously evolving.  Meaning there is an ever-expanding empire of information that we can collect from something as complicated as this virtual framework.  If this framework is to be understood, we have to explain its essential core functions. First and foremost, the blockchain acts as a verification and creation system.  To expand the blockchain means that there are people that...Continue Reading

Encrypting passwords or text is a very complicated and confusing process to understand.  There are many steps and technical terms that it goes through to reach one of the three encryption standards.  Whether it is SHA-1, SHA-256, MD-5; they can all protect the privacy of the text that you are trying to keep from the public view. Encryption depending on the level can be complicated to decrypt and is what makes it such an effective...Continue Reading

There are several different internet sites on the dark web that allow criminals to purchase anything from drugs to hitman.  To access these sites, you must enter the realm of the dark web.  To do so, using a tor browser along with a VPN will completely conceal the identity of the computer that is accessing the dark web.  These are the two primary tools that criminals and you should use if you are trying to...Continue Reading

When a bitcoin purchase or trade is made, there are slight amounts of the information left behind that can lead investigators to the owner of the virtual currencies.  When you start looking deeper into this information, then you have the chance at finding the address and tracking down where the money is headed. One tool that you can use is bitcoin block explorer which summed up is a bitcoin tracker.  You insert the unparsed address,...Continue Reading

There are different websites online that record all the bitcoin transactions that are occurring at any given moment in time.  If you can figure out the exact time and location of a sale, this can very easily lead you to the potential person making the transaction.  Every once in a while, though the people performing these transactions will attempt to hide their identity.  To do this, there are a few different tools that criminals will...Continue Reading