Ransomware Payments in Bitcoin: 7,222 Seed Addresses Across 67 Families

7,222 Bitcoin seed addresses linked to 67 ransomware families, as identified by the expansion procedure described in the associated research paper. The dataset was compiled by Masarah Paquet-Clouston of CURE International UK and is hosted on the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Trace illicit cryptocurrency flows based on identified ransomware seed addresses.
• Classify and cluster Bitcoin transactions based on their association with specific ransomware families.
• Validate and expand blockchain analysis techniques for ransomware payment detection.
• Build predictive models for identifying ransomware-related addresses based on network expansion patterns.

Strengths

• Contains 7,222 seed addresses, providing a substantial base for analysis.
• Covers 67 distinct ransomware families, offering a broad view of the threat landscape.
• Addresses are derived from a documented expansion procedure published in a peer-reviewed paper.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count for the expanded address network is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Masarah Paquet-Clouston, CURE International UK.

Collection Method

Addresses identified by applying an expansion procedure described in the associated research paper.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

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