"Let’s be honest: There would not be so many ransomware attacks if cryptocurrency weren’t a thing. Just ask the U.S. Secret Service."

>"Hackers like their ransoms paid in cryptocurrency, but what if decentralized storage could wreck their mojo?"

Cryptocurrency is tough (definitely not impossible) to trace and it crosses borders with alacrity, and because of that, it gives cybercriminals a safer way to do bad things and get paid to stop. But what if cryptocurrencies handmaidens, blockchains, were also able to provide a new level of protection against this criminal industry?