I see some people talk about mixing bitcoins...why dont people just swap bitcoin? EG, Say I have 10BTC and I'll swap one of mine, for one of yours. I give you a wallet address to pay, you pay it, and provide a new address for your coin, which I then pay with one of mine.
Is that not a good way to make your bitcoins a little harder to track?
the question is what you are a looking for to achieve by doing this?
- if it is a simple way to make it harder for other people to find out about your stash and how you use it then there are so may simpler ways. a simple dividing between multiple addresses of your own and using each address once makes it harder for regular users and it is enough privacy for most people. or for more you can send it to and exchange site and then withdraw especially for small amounts like 1
BTC your coins will be mixed easily and cheap
- but if you are looking for a better privacy and it is more important for you then you should only use a trusted mixing service and mix your coins. but this is not usually the level of privacy that regular users are looking for.