“The new research comes at a time when investment in the bitcoin economy is booming (see “Bitcoin Hits the Big Time”), and as it is being scrutinized by U.S. authorities. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has seized a total of $5 million from Mt Gox, the largest exchange where people go to convert between bitcoins and conventional currencies. Last month, New York’s financial regulator subpoenaed 22 companies to gather information about their dealings with Bitcoin. ‘The Bitcoin protocol still has huge potential for anonymity,’ says Sarah Meiklejohn, who led the research project, ‘but the way that people are using it is not achieving anonymity at all.'”
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