<p><a href="http://anonymity-in-bitcoin.blogspot.ca/2011/07/bitcoin-is-not-anonymous.html">This</a> 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.</p>

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

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Linking a transaction to a Bitcoin user
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# Linking a transaction to a Bitcoin user

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-01)

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?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-01. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

[This](http://anonymity-in-bitcoin.blogspot.ca/2011/07/bitcoin-is-not-anonymous.html) 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.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Actually, they apparently did - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lno9k3rjDjk/TijliwpNIQI/AAAAAAAAAXk/EioKzYD3QX0/s1600/blogForumWikileaks.PNG  

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