I most definitely am grateful for the gesture DS.
But above everything I hope CM is fine, and is not going through any legal issues. That would be harsh on the bitcoin community...
I suspect all is well. ChipMixer was on Bitcointalk earlier today, and is talking about developing the service into Chaumian bank to achieve trustless privacy. Exciting stuff!
Well, sure, but i think that the point is that that's impossible. Let's suppose an auditor checks Chipmixer's infrastructure- and then gives "the green light"; Chipmixer could, if they wanted to, simply change some of the source code. Any of the current mixers could.
This is true unless we implement off-chain cryptography ie. blinded bearer certs. If we do - you can prove unlinkability without checking our code.
Or they may be scared of being linked with "money laundering". There are still some people that using https or VPN is "hacking".
We have contacted nullius about developing Chaumian bank.
Thanks for everything you do, DarkStar_!