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What's wrong with simply returning it? Any "tainted coin tracker" could easily build in a mechanism for detecting that
by arcticfox 6y ago
What's wrong with simply returning it? Any "tainted coin tracker" could easily build in a mechanism for detecting that
- horsawlarway 6y agoThe simplest answer is that returning it isn't free.
- Ekaros 6y agoAlso there is a good question is there some limit or ratio of tainted coins that would be considered non incriminating. Or if there isn't would single satoshi taint all coins? If there were wouldn't dilution of funds be possible? That is wash them by sending to wallets with enough funds...
- furyofantares 6y agoOk so use it to pay the fee, returning the rest.
- noxer 6y agoYou just washed part of the BTCs which is now owned by the miner.
- tristanj 6y agoThat's assuming a BTC miner even agrees to process the transaction. Why would a BTC miner want to deal with the headache of tainted bitcoins? It's such a problem that Marathon Digital Holdings, a major bitcoin miner, has stated they will refuse to process transactions from tainted addresses. In the near future, I expect more mining pools to do the same.
- noxer 6y agoIf they were send to you, someone does process them.
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- sennight 6y agoEvery so often a moron shows up trying to sell the idea of colored coins... it is almost as if they've never heard of "fungibility".
- feanaro 6y agoAnd why would currency users even bother with it? If I receive a payment for something, I don't feel the need to pretend to be the police.
- noxer 6y agoWould you return stolen goods to the thief? How about return it to the owner/authorities. May not be simple but certainly better than sending it back. If all else fail there are black hole addresses to forever lock the BTCs.
- swinglock 6y agoWhy would you give money to a criminal?