<p>It is unlikely that we will account for most of the activity, as Bitcoin allows for high anonymity. Some of that hashing power is believed <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3332/323">to come from some botnet</a>, but one can't be sure. You could try looking for the owners of the IPs that relay the new blocks and check who they are, but that would be a tedious work that could be easily hidden, for example by relaying blocks through TOR.</p>

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2012-06-16T11:08:18.370Z
It's an answer but I was looking for some more satisfaction than I could derive myself ;)
Lodewijk
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2012-06-16T12:07:03.957Z
@Lodewijk I wish I could give a more satisfactory answer. Keep the question open for awhile, maybe someone will know more.
ThePiachu
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ThePiachu
<p>Some time ago the breakdown was dangerously close to heaving too heavily towards Deepbit with only a small part unknown/single person miners. Now there's a 34% unknown factor. </p>

<p>What caused this? Are these botnets? People deciding their amortised profit stablises anyway? A drug cartel laundering money?</p>

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2012-06-12T21:08:21.600Z
Possibly related - http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3332/what-can-be-done-about-the-no-transaction-block-relayer-currently-71-123-170-15
ThePiachu
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2012-06-13T00:15:40.743Z
"close to having to heaving to heavily towards" looks like a typo, but I've no idea what you're trying to say so can't fix it for you
Chris Moore
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2012-06-13T07:15:24.913Z
Sorry I fixed it.
Lodewijk
<mining-pools><hashpower><money-laundering>
Unknown factor in bitcoin pool breakdown
Lodewijk
# Unknown factor in bitcoin pool breakdown

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-12)

Some time ago the breakdown was dangerously close to heaving too heavily towards Deepbit with only a small part unknown/single person miners. Now there's a 34% unknown factor.

What caused this? Are these botnets? People deciding their amortised profit stablises anyway? A drug cartel laundering money?

**Tags:** mining-pools, hashpower, money-laundering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Possibly related - http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3332/what-can-be-done-about-the-no-transaction-block-relayer-currently-71-123-170-15  
> **username_2**: "close to having to heaving to heavily towards" looks like a typo, but I've no idea what you're trying to say so can't fix it for you  
> **username_0**: Sorry I fixed it.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-13. Score: 2

It is unlikely that we will account for most of the activity, as Bitcoin allows for high anonymity. Some of that hashing power is believed [to come from some botnet](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3332/323), but one can't be sure. You could try looking for the owners of the IPs that relay the new blocks and check who they are, but that would be a tedious work that could be easily hidden, for example by relaying blocks through TOR.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It's an answer but I was looking for some more satisfaction than I could derive myself ;)  
> **username_1**: @username_0 I wish I could give a more satisfactory answer. Keep the question open for awhile, maybe someone will know more.  

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