Seeing Through Regulation, Banking on Bitcoin, and a Sheer Art Attack

Mysteries in bitcoinland don’t stay mysteries for long.

Take the world record transaction, which was noted in the block chain last November, when nearly 200,000 bitcoins hit a single wallet. Who was behind it? Turns out it was Bitstamp, which has justreleased details of an audit that confirms the transaction.

Why publish an audit when you don’t have to? It’s time for more transparency, says Bitstamp, and an industry that takes responsibility for itself.