The rise of cryptocurrencies over the past ten years was significant. Cryptocurrencies have changed the course of the monetary system and created a new way for people to communicate and exchange values. It started with the invention of the first successful cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, in 2008. After this moment, the explosion from which thousands of new cryptocurrencies emerged and from which a new field for digital forensics investigators happened. This thesis deals with the digital forensics of cryptocurrency wallets. The work aims to target applications running on Linux operating systems, and to introduce concepts and existing work on cryptocurrency wallets. Furthermore, the goal was to develop a tool for finding different artifacts that wallets leave on the systems. This work is divided into two parts, first encompasses an introduction and the related literature. The second part discusses the chosen methodology for this work and the result we achieved. The work is concluded with the final words in the Conclusions section.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-47166 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Kovalcik, Tomas |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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