In its early days, in 2014, Chainalysis would do its best to retroactively monitor transactions and follow the money of nefarious types on the blockchain, largely for the benefit of U.S. government investigators hunting fraudsters and launderers.
There have already been instances of nefarious types taking control of webcams, televisions and even a fridge, which was roped into a network of computers pumping out e-mail spam.
So let's say you're one of those nefarious types who likes to install Windows but doesn't like to pay money for it.
In short, Bitstamp and Mt.Gox are responding to similar issues relating to nefarious types working to harm the integrity of Bitcoin transactions for personal gain.
Whether the US has its own version of the death eaters, or is populated by even more nefarious types, has yet to be revealed.
The movie tries to pick up a sort of organized-crime street cred with appearances by James Caan ("The Godfather"), Steven Bauer ("Scarface") and Paul Sorvino ("Goodfellas") as nefarious types.
The claim has repeatedly been made that nefarious types stick their money in, say, Swiss banks, never tell anyone about it and thus, illegally, get away without paying any of that right and justly due tax.
Perhaps we'll see more nefarious types demanding bitcoin, which is exchangeable for dollars, given that advantage.
After rebuffing several nefarious types who seemed all too eager to get me in their cars, salvation came in the form of a retired Afghan Air Force General named Mateen Farhang who offered me a lift to the nearest American compound.
Asked about Atlas's allegations, he said, "For somebody to make those egregious, outlandish, unfair remarks that there's corruption, or some type of nefarious activity that's just totally unacceptable".
