Wybo Wiersma – a 40-year-old Oxford University graduate – has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after scamming over $2 million in crypto from unsuspecting victims. Following his arrest in 2019, the Dutchman was extradited from the Netherlands back to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), he pled guilty on January 26 to the Oxford Crown Court. A Five-Year Investigation As reported by…
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What is The CryptoNote Protocol?
CryptoNote is a protocol for the design of secure and anonymous cryptocurrencies. It uses a technique called "ring signatures" to provide anonymity for transactions on the blockchain by making it difficult to determine which member of a group of users was the actual sender of a particular transaction. The protocol also includes other features, such as stealth addresses, which further obscure the identity of the sender and recipient of a transaction. Overall, the CryptoNote protocol aims to provide a high…
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