"Uncovering Dark Web Market Trends: Extracting Bitcoin Transaction Data from 2022"

[zesser]

Title: Uncovering Dark Web Market Trends: Extracting Bitcoin Transaction Data from 2022

"Hey everyone, I'm excited to share my latest project where I've extracted a huge dataset of Bitcoin transactions from 2022 linked to dark web marketplaces like Empire and Hydra. I'm curious to see if anyone has experience with analyzing such data sets or can offer some insights on what we might expect to find. Any takers?"

 

[gazik33]

"Intriguing topic! Been following some research on blockchain analytics and how it's being used to track illicit activity online. Would love to see some insights on how this applies to the latest market trends"

 

[vadim109109]

"Hey guys, just a thought but have you considered using block explorers like Chainalysis to get a better understanding of those Bitcoin transactions? I've heard they have some sweet tools for filtering and sorting data. Anyone else have any experience with Chainalysis?"

 

[kristina31]

"just a heads up, the researchers might wanna consider checking out the open-source library 'bitcoinlib' for parsing and analyzing BTC transactions. been around since 2016 and is still getting updates. Could help with the data extraction part of the project"

 

[Mirdjabbar]

"Just came across this thread and I'm intrigued. Been following some dark web research and would love to see how they extracted the data from 2022 - any chance they used tools like OnionBrowser or Tor Hidden Service scanners?"

 

[*NAS*]

"Interesting find on the trends, OP. One thing stood out - there's been a significant shift in the use of LN (Lightning Network) for these markets, making it harder to track transactions. Have you guys seen any attempts to use other altcoins instead of Bitcoin?"

 

[avfavf]

Just skimmed through the paper, and they're using some pretty cool techniques to extract the Bitcoin data from the dark web markets. I'm curious to see how they account for the potential biases in the data considering the unverified sources. Has anyone else come across similar studies on this topic?

 

[Vik_R]

"Awesome thread, thanks for digging into this data. I was surprised to see how much Bitcoin activity originated from the DNM's in 2022, and it's crazy how much value was transacted. Anyone have insights on what the current trends are, has activity died down?"