Dear Friends,
we are often asked about the BestMixer code. In particular, in one of the comments to the news about BestMixer on the Bitcoin.com contains a similar question. In this message we tried to give as much as possible detailed answer.Why does Bestmixer give you an account/discount number? That would seem to create a way to trace all of your mixing transactions.
This functionality is necessary for any mixer.
BestMixer code is a fundamental functionality; without such functionality any mixer can not be considered anonymous.
Consider a simple example of the sequence of events without use of the BestMixer code for each subsequent use of Alpha and Beta pools:
- today you sent 1 bitcoin to a mixer, getting back 1 anonymized bitcoin.
- after a day, a week or a month you sent 1 more bitcoin and got back 1 bitcoin from the address you sent a coin to, when you mixed first time.
It's not just about the integers, but also the parts of the total amount that you could get back from the old addresses when you use the service again.
Would you be satisfied with the service in this case? Does this service provide anonymity? In our opinion, the answer is unambiguous - no.
As you have already noticed, there is no users registration, logins, passwords, emails on our site - nothing that could be considered personal information or disconsider anyone.
As you can see on the pages of the site, BestMixer code is used in two issues:
- first of all, to avoid return of your old coins to you again
- secondly, to provide the maximum discount on the use of the mixer to our loyal clients.
Hence, BestMixer code is created to solve these two issues.
How does it work inside the system?
We have to mark transactions because without marking transactions, we would not understand whether it is your money or not when you repeat mixing; it would be technically impossible. Thus, we protect our clients from return of their old coins to them during subsequent mixing. The marking excludes our clients deposit from the common pool, so that they can not use it if the BestMixer code is applied.
The marking is also used to provide discount to the customers who support us by using our service repeatedly.
To sum up, the BestMixer code is necessary to protect a client from getting his old coins back under any circumstances - this is one of the key points on which the system is based.
And as for the use of the Gamma pool, the there is no need to use the BestMixer code in this pool at all, since it is a separate pool, not tied in any way to either Alpha or Beta pool. Using the Gamma pool, the client may not use the BestMixer code at all.
As indicated on our website, this pool is suitable for the most demanding clients who are more interested in the history of the coins. How are the funds formed in this pool? It's either investors' money or our own reserves. And this pool is really going to be a big problem for startups like CHAINALYSIS:) and yes, its maintenance is really more expensive.
We would like to underline that at the moment there is no tool in non-anonymous cryptocurrency networks that could anonymize coins, while not being a third party.
All available methods of anonymization, such as CoinJoin, or Elliptic-curve DiffieHellman (ECDH), require the presence of a third party.
Therefore, considering the specifics of the project and the unsettled position of various states and state bodies on the issue of coins anonymization, we prefer to be an unregistered company; there are many reasons for this. We would like our clients to trust us, and we, in turn, will do everything possible to ensure that no byte of personal information is available to hackers or government agencies with their de-anonymization tools.
If you have any other questions, we would be happy to answer them.
Best regards,
BestMixer Team