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How to sue a hacker using Bitcoin
The easiest way to drop papers on someone! | Nick Barclay / The Verge
Friends‚ I believe we’ve found the most compelling use of the blockchain yet: serving people with legal documents. It is‚ in fact‚ even easier to serve notice of a lawsuit to someone using blockchain technology than it is in real life‚ because you don’t need a person’s identity to do it. What a breakthrough!
The case in question is a lawsuit by Ryan Dellone‚ who has served a wallet belonging to an unknown individual with notice that they’re being sued‚ Krebs on Security reports. (The wallet contains Bitcoin allegedly stolen from Dellone in a SIM-swapping attack.) Dellone used a short message and about $100 worth of Bitcoin to serve notice of the suit. It is the first of its kind.
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