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If a tumbler is used by 1 person, they get their own coins back. To work, it needs as many users as possible. Therefore a researcher doesn't scan transactions l

by corin_ 11y ago

If a tumbler is used by 1 person, they get their own coins back. To work, it needs as many users as possible. Therefore a researcher doesn't scan transactions looking for "possible tumbling", they look for the tumblers, use them and follow those transactions.

bduerst 11y ago
I meant tumbler as in a person, not a repeat service. It would be pretty easy to detect mass tumbling services through pattern recognition.
- Karunamon 11y ago
  Why, though? Once coins from two separate sources enter a common wallet, they become impossible to differentiate from each other.
  - mirimir 11y ago
    Not true. Each piece of each coin is traceable. With good mixers, you don't get your own coin back. And you check for taint.