Cleanup.

diff --git a/blog/data/2014-01-29-bitcoin.txt b/blog/data/2014-01-29-bitcoin.txt
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+++ b/blog/data/2014-01-29-bitcoin.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ I would not conduct illegal money transfers using a system where the
 details of every transaction is kept forever.  This point is
 investigated in an peer reviewed article in USENIX ;login: from
 December 2013, in the article
-<a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/03_meiklejohn-online.pdf">A
+"<a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/03_meiklejohn-online.pdf">A
 Fistful of Bitcoins - Characterizing Payments Among Men with No
-Names</a> by Sarah Meiklejohn, Marjori Pomarole,Grant Jordan, Kirill
+Names</a>" by Sarah Meiklejohn, Marjori Pomarole,Grant Jordan, Kirill
 Levchenko, Damon McCoy, Geoffrey M. Voelker, and Stefan Savage.  They
 analyse the transaction log in the Bitcoin system, using it to find
 addresses belong to individuals and organisations and follow the flow
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ present) seem to be particularly attractive.</p>
 </blockquote><p>
 
 <p>These researches are not the first to analyse the Bitcoin
-transaction log.  The 2001 paper
-<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4524">An Analysis of Anonymity in
-the Bitcoin System</A> by Fergal Reid and Martin Harrigan is
+transaction log.  The 2011 paper
+"<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4524">An Analysis of Anonymity in
+the Bitcoin System</A>" by Fergal Reid and Martin Harrigan is
 summarized like this:</p>
 
 <p><blockquote>
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ market value of approximately half a million U.S. dollars.
 </blockquote></p>
 
 <p>I hope these references can help kill the urban myth that Bitcoin
-are anonymous.</p>
+is anonymous.  It isn't really a good fit for illegal activites.  Use
+cash if you need to stay anonymous, at least until regular DNA
+sampling of notes and coins become the norm. :)</p>
 
 <p>As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my
 activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address