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moonchild on Aug 3, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat

Probably a condition of the ransom. If the wallet address is known, then it can be blacklisted by exchanges.

colinmhayes on Aug 3, 2020 [–]

Lol as if they'd just send straight to an exchange.

moonchild on Aug 3, 2020 | [–]

Maybe not, but it still makes them easier to trace.

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