Sarah Meiklejohn

Scams, Hacks and Poor Management: Life After Silk Road

Following Silk Road's demise, some users (and even law enforcement officials) wax nostalgic about the 'original' Dread Pirate Roberts.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 April 2014

MIT Report Finds Bitcoin More Likely to be Spent than Hoarded

New data released by MIT suggests that bitcoin hoarding is not the problem critics believe it to be.

Markets  ·  14 February 2014
Crime

Following the Money: Are Bitcoin Black Market Purchases Really Anonymous?

Researcher Sarah Meiklejohn discusses whether Silk Road's users can be prosecuted and if illegal bitcoin transactions are truly 'anonymous'.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 December 2013
Bitcoin

Following the Money: Researcher Tracks Bitcoin Movements and Anonymity

CoinDesk interviewed a University of California researcher to talk about where bitcoins are being used and moved.

Tech  ·  8 December 2013