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> Keep in mind that the FBI's BTC address has been permanently tainted Well, no. Run them through any service with a shared wallet and they're instantly clean.
by nwh 13y ago
> Keep in mind that the FBI's BTC address has been permanently tainted
Well, no. Run them through any service with a shared wallet and they're instantly clean. There's no way of tracing them after that point. If they are put through a mixer, you'll end up discriminating against people that are completely unrelated.
> any shady business that takes security seriously will never do business with that address
Almost all systems are automated and won't discriminate one coin from another. Manually checking each input is a ridiculous idea, and destroys the idea that all coins are equal.
- ceejayoz 13y agoHow many mixers would you trust with $30M in Bitcoins? How many trustworthy mixers are going to want to be the service that mixed $30M for the FBI, causing suspicion to be cast on all their other clients?
- nwh 13y agoAny service with a shared wallet would do, not necessarily a mixing service. Doesn't have to be one entity, doesn't even have to be all at once.
- tel 13y agoZerocoin? (Not that I think it's a viable option but instead because I believe it was solving this exact problem and I'm curious, practically, how far away the community is from implementing it.)
- macspoofing 13y ago>If they are put through a mixer, you'll end up discriminating against people that are completely unrelated. Wouldn't you do that just so people would be afraid to deal with tainted coins or shared wallets?