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To mix potentially identifiable or "tainted" cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the trail back to the fund's original source.

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Best way to mix bitcoins? mixer, coin join (shared send), dark wallet, stealth addresses?

When you want to anonymize a few hundred BTC, what would be the best (safest) way? I can think of these alternatives: Deposit to and withdraw from exchange (like Kraken, Bitstamp, etc)Pros: reasonably safe (especially when using a solid, trusted…
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What is a bitcoin tumbler?

I have recently heard of a bitcoin theft where the thief used a bitcoin tumbling service in an (apparently unsuccessful) attempt to cover their tracks. From this event I have several related questions: How does a bitcoin tumbler "launder"…
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How does blockchain.info's mixing service work?

Blockchain provides a mixing service. How does it work?
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Mixing Unequal Inputs

Let's say have 3 inputs (alice, bob, satoshi): 0.3, 1.3, 1.6. We can mix these inputs for example like this: 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.1, 0.1. Or like this: 1.3, 1.3, 0.3, 0.3. Traditionally it is mixed like this…
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Are mixing services dangerous?

I'm thinking about using a mixing service like Blockchain.info's Shared Sending. I don't have anything to hide, it's just about privacy. My concerns are about where my bitcoins will go. I'm sure some people are using these mixing services to do…
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Bitcoin mixing and transaction sizes

I'm pretty clear on how a Bitcoin mixer obscures transaction history, but I don't understand how an observer is not able to reasonably link the source and destination wallets simply based on the transaction sizes. Example, I deposit 100 BTC into a…
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What is bitcoin mixing/laundering for?

What is the difference if I'm using bitcoins that were given me by somebody I sold product to, or by some mixing bitcoin service? After all, aren't I using those bitcoin at the same place and ordering what I want with the same name and address?
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BitLaunder's mixer vs "major exchanges" mixer

BitLaunder (seemingly created by syadasti) writes: Secure Launder renders your bitcoins completely untraceable, even to the most persistent forensic investigator. You deposit bitcoins into your BitLaunder wallet, where we scramble them with…
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How do big sites/markets handle the intrinsic "transaction fees"?

For example, on the late SilkRoad market, or in bitcoin mixing services. They supposedly have a "pool" account (or escrow acct, etc) where all the coins go in to, and from which withdrawals are made. Wouldn't such a setup be a nightmare regarding…
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Is an exchange a good substitute for a mixing service?

Isn't an exchange such as MtGox essentially a mixing service? I might be wrong, but can somebody trace coins when they are paid to one address, possibly exchanged, and another amount is paid back from another exchange address back to you? As long as…
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Are "coin mixers" actually a real thing? Can they be trusted?

Ever since I started hearing about Bitcoin, people have been mentioning "coin mixers" to me, and told me to use them. However, even early on, when they were practically throwing away Bitcoins to the left and to the right for anyone to grab, due to…
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Mixers (bitcoin)

In book Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction (a book recommended at CS 251 Stanford course) it states that: Mixes are businesses and expect to be paid for their services. One way for a mix to charge fees is to take a…
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Why should I use a Bitcoin Mixer?

I understand that I can use Bitcoin anonymously using Bitcoin Core with Tor running a full node or with Electrum using Tor running an SPV node, why should I also use a Bitcoin Mixer?
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Does Bitcoin + mixers = Monero?

Moneropedia defines "ring signatures" as: Ring signatures make sure individual transaction outputs on the blockchain can’t be traced. A ring signature is a group of cryptographic signatures with at least one real participant, but there is no way to…
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BTC to BTC trades on Ripple

I see some BTC to BTC trades on Ripple. Are these just transfers from one exchange to another? Or, is Ripple being used as a mixer?
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