“You have the names of people who did this. But does that matter?” Gronager asked. “It means that they’re not going on vacation outside of Russia.” When it comes to the global affliction of ransomware, he made clear, privacy coins or any other tool designed to defy tracing methods aren’t the problem. The real problem remains rogue countries like Russia and North Korea—countries whose governments allow their citizens to defy global law enforcement action even when their activities are fully visible on the blockchain.
