Linking a transaction to a Bitcoin user

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Has anyone tried and perhaps succeeded at linking a transaction to a possibly controversial site (such as Wikileaks) to a Bitcoin forum user by their forum signatures? I know a lot of people disclose their Addresses, and since the WikiLeaks address is well known, one would probably just need some webcrawler and be able to make a connection. Has anything like this ever been done?

ThePiachu

Posted 2012-05-01T18:02:22.233

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This article was written regarding the alleged theft of 25,000 BTC in July 2011. A similar analysis could be done using known addresses and identities, I would imagine.

Rooke

Posted 2012-05-01T18:02:22.233

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Actually, they apparently did - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lno9k3rjDjk/TijliwpNIQI/AAAAAAAAAXk/EioKzYD3QX0/s1600/blogForumWikileaks.PNG

– ThePiachu – 2012-05-01T21:52:22.397

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