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twelve40 on April 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The U.S. cracked a $3.4B crypto heist and Bitcoin’...

> Mixers, privacy chains, and ZK privacy schemes

Does any of this stuff actually help bypass KYC requirements for legal offramps in developed countries?

Gigachad on April 13, 2023 [–]

Probably not. I believe exchanges are meant to block transactions of tainted coins. And using a mixer immediately marks the coins as tainted.

hailwren on April 13, 2023 | [–]

I haven’t really used any of them, but my belief is that the USG wouldn’t have sanctioned TornadoCash if it didn’t work.

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