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I think you have the wrong idea about what a "coin" is (I also had this misconception for a while). A "coin" has nothing to do with the hash found to mine the b
by DSMan195276 9y ago
I think you have the wrong idea about what a "coin" is (I also had this misconception for a while). A "coin" has nothing to do with the hash found to mine the block. All that happens is that when a block is mined, it includes a transaction that gives the miner 25 coins (Or whatever the current bitcoin reward is). So the coins are just a number, there's nothing that separates one "coin" from another "coin". It's like handing out dollar bills without a serial number on them.
So if you move 20 coins from wallets A and B to wallet C, and then Wallet C moves those coins to wallets D and E, there's no concept of "whos" coins from A and B you moved into each wallet, it's just a count.
- philbarr 9y agoI'm talking more about following the transactions than the "coins". Unfortunately I've messed up my semantics along the way which doesn't help anyone. So in this case wallets A,B,C,D, and E are all suspect, and at some point they're going to try and buy something tangible or convert to real currency from one of those wallets.