>But you can identify distinct stolen/tainted Bitcoin. Just like you can identify distinct stolen banknotes. Not at all. You can merge stolen bitcoin with "cle

>But you can identify distinct stolen/tainted Bitcoin. Just like you can identify distinct stolen banknotes. Not at all. You can merge stolen bitcoin with "clean" bitcoin. You can not do that with banknotes. If you give someone two $10 bills those don't magically turn into a $20. That does happen with Bitcoin though.