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		mmh0000 on Feb 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin ... More people needs to learn about CoinJoins[0]. "CoinJoin is a trustless method for combining multiple Bitcoin payments from multiple spenders into a single transaction to make it more difficult for outside parties to determine which spender paid which recipient or recipients. Unlike many other privacy solutions, coinjoin transactions do not require a modification to the bitcoin protocol." [0] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin

jacquesm on Feb 8, 2022 | [–]

Great idea, now you are not only liable for your own activities, but also for lots of other activities possibly much worse than your own.

This seems to be a pretty nerdy idea of 'how the world works' that could easily spectacularly backfire.

donkarma on Feb 9, 2022 | [–]

unfortunate username for gmaxwell

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