Data and codes used in the paper "Offending concentration on the internet: An exploratory analysis of Bitcoin-related cybercrime", by David Buil-Gil and Patricia Saldaña-Taboada
The script with all codes ('script.R') should be ran from within the 'bitcoin-project.Rproj' R project file.
All data used in this project is available open access. The following steps provide guidance on how to accesss and download the BitcoinAbuse data used in the scripts.
- Access the BitcoinAbuse website: https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/
- Click on Register and create a new profile. Log in.
- Go to https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/settings#/api and create a new API token (more information here: https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/api-docs). Copy your API token to clipboard.
- Replace {API_TOKEN} by your API token in this URL: https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/api/download/forever?api_token={API_TOKEN}. Load the URL and the full dataset will download.
- Save the file in the Data folder.
- Now you can run the script.