What Is Bitcoin Mixer? Part 2

January 1, 2021

Crypto World

Ana Rojas

In the first part of the present article, we have discussed what is Bitcoin Mixer: design, types and working models. In general, Bitcoin mixer is a technology solution that allows mixing different potentially traceable cryptocurrency assets. By combining the coins in a BTC mixer with other coins, users can cover the links between Bitcoin addresses and the real-world identities up. This allows them to use Bitcoin in a more personalized and anonymous way.

Should I Mix My Bitcoins?

First, you mix your crypto coins to protect your privacy, and there are many reasons to do it. Maybe you don’t want the world to know what you spend your money on, what your earnings are, how much Bitcoin you own or how much Bitcoin you buy.

A wealthy person who owns a lot of Bitcoin may not want to divulge his possessions because it would make him a target for criminals.

There are literally countless reasons why people want privacy. Even if you don’t care about your own privacy at all, you may want to mix your coins to increase the anonymity of people who do.

How Does A Bitcoin Mixer Work?

Let us explain how Bitcoin mixers should be used via examples of a centralized SmartMixer and a decentralized Wasabi Desktop Wallet

SmartMixer 

The sequence of operations:

1. Choose the specific currency you would like to mix.
2. Enter the target address to receive the clean coins.
3. Specify the percentage fee.
4. Set the suspension length. 
5. Download the guarantee letter. 
6. Send the coins to the generated address. 
7. Get clean coins. 

Wasabi Desktop Wallet

The sequence of operations:

1. Download the wallet and send the coins to an address generated by Wasabi (you can optionally connect your wallet to other wallets through Tor). 
2. If you want to take part in a Coinjoin transaction with other Wasabi wallets that are online, you should “join the queue” with the coins you want to mix in the wallet and settle the preferable anonymity set (it is the number of UTXO’s that would partake in the CoinJoin). By design anonymity set is 50, but you can enter the wallet’s GUI and change it to a number of your choice. 
3. Once the demandable number of UTXOs have publically queued for the Coinjoin, an anonymous bitcoin transaction is created.
4. After all the users have validated their inputs and outputs are valid, the process of subscription begins and all users sign off the transaction. Once all the signatures are aggregated, the transaction is conveyed to the network.

Five Best Bitcoin Mixers 

1. Wasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with a Chaumian CoinJoin mixer built-in. Although  Wasabi Wallet’s is technically centralized, its operator cannot steal funds nor deanonymize users. Wasabi offers a convenient interface helping users to distinguish between mixed and non-mixed coins.
2. Samourai Wallet is a mobile and desktop Bitcoin wallet for Android, available in desktop and mobile versions. It offers a Chaumian CoinJoin mixing service, called Whirlpool. Samourai has many features not available in other mixers. 
3. SmartMixer.io doesn’t require registration, supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and  Litecoin. It gives the opportunity to use funds after 3 days. SmartMixer.io is available on TOR and provides a fee calculator. 
4. Blender.io doesn’t require users to register, or provide any kind of information except the “receiving address”. It offers as many as 24 sets of delays and lets users add no less than 8 new addresses for each transaction. 
5. BitMix.Biz is a Bitcoin mixer with full anonymity, instant money transfers and a profitable partner program

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January 1, 2021