Probing the Mystery of Cryptocurrency Theft: An Investigation into Methods for Taint Analysis ยท HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.05754/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTProbing the Mystery of Cryptocurrency Theft: An Investigation into Methods for Taint Analysis โ€” mentioned by spinnyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32405371urn:hackerpapers:mention:1906.05754:32405371Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:29:46 GMT<p>I believe that the most used is the FIFO method (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.05754.pdf)</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.05754/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CRProbing the Mystery of Cryptocurrency Theft: An Investigation into Methods for Taint Analysis โ€” mentioned by spinnyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26812985urn:hackerpapers:mention:1906.05754:26812985Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:58:34 GMT<p>exchanges keep lists of stolen coins and probably use taint analysis https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.05754.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.05754/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CRProbing the Mystery of Cryptocurrency Theft: An Investigation into Methods for Taint Analysis โ€” mentioned by spinnyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26812969urn:hackerpapers:mention:1906.05754:26812969Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:57:34 GMT<p>AFAIK exchanges will not accept certain outputs, this is probably based on taint analysis. I believe the FIFO method [1] is the most accurate and probably used by exchanges [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.05754.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.05754/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CR