Villasenor, JohnMonk, CodyBronk, Christopher2016-11-042016-11-042011Villasenor, John, Monk, Cody and Bronk, Christopher. "Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions in the Murky World of Digital Currencies, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Mobile Device Payments." (2011) James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy;Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings: <a href="http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/shadowy-figures-tracking-illicit-financial-transactions-in-the-murky-world-of-digital-currencies-pee/">http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/shadowy-figures-tracking-illicit-financial-transactions-in-the-murky-world-of-digital-currencies-pee/</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/92674The combination of the enormous growth in social networks, the complexity of peer-to-peer systems and software, and the number of Internet and wirelessly connected devices is altering the landscape of financial transactions at a rate and to a degree that is unprecedented.engResearch paper