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i believe there is a way to know that the process you mentioned can be identified as "mixing" by blockchain analysis..therefore it can be safely assumed that John received coins from mixing..
Bob's original coins were spread among participants of the mixing..therefore it can also be known how many of Bob original coins were obfuscated/lost to mixing (were split/participated in the mixing).
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Yes, it's probably possible. So what? Mixing coins is not illegal by itself. It is still impossible to know and to prove that it was Bob who sent coins to John. That is why you should mix coins in advance and better not the exact amount you are going to spend privately.
Coinfirm will not be able to deanonymize transactions. Nobody was able to still.
Mixing coins is not illegal by itself.
we are not talking about legality of stuff around here....it is about privacy.
It is still impossible to know and to prove that it was Bob who sent coins to John
blockchain analysis and deduction...the secret sauce in blockchain analysis will come and its gonna hit you hard..listen how this prosecutor talk about "mixers", and she mentioned "other coins".
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/11/01/federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-on-how-criminals-use-bitcoin-and-how-she-catches-them/That is why you should mix coins in advance and better not the exact amount you are going to spend privately.
i like you to make a manual on that for the newbs and for the next generation of crypto users heheh...like, mix a 100 coins when you are going to spend 80 coins...and oh, mix your coins on thursday before spending them in saturday LOOOOL
