Money Laundering in the Bitcoin Network: Perspective of Mixing Services

Abstract

Various crimes using Bitcoin are highlighted. Among various crimes using Bitcoin, this paper suggests a method to detect money laundering focusing on mixing service that provides Money Laundering. This is part of the anti-money-laundering (AML) strategy, which can determine whether the mixer service is used in certain transactions by using transaction sample data using mixer. Money laundering using Bitcoin is often used to avoid fund tracking in the underground world and analyzing it is essential in situational awareness of fund tracking.