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jackpeterfletch | 1 year ago

> Have you ever considered there may be legitimate use cases for such technology?

Ok, so we all are well aware of the illegitimate use cases for which crypto mixers are used - in vast volumes daily.

What are the legitimate use cases for which they are commonly used?

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greggh|1 year ago

For activists working on causes where powerful people would like to unmask them. You can use mixers to end up with crypto for VPNs and other privacy services that aren't connected to your identity. Obviously you have to take 20 other steps as well. But this is in my opinion a very legitimate use case for this technology.

jackpeterfletch|1 year ago

That definitely happens.

Meanwhile we know that these mixers are being used enmasse to sell exploitative content, fund terrorist organisations, evade tax, run scams, hacks, the list goes on, and on, and on, and on.