I've got some questions. Let's say that they (ChipMixer) have the following funded addresses before they announce their service:
- 100 x 0.001 BTC
- 50 x 0.002 BTC
- 25 x 0.004 BTC
- 12 x 0.008 BTC
- 6 x 0.016 BTC
- 3 x 0.032 BTC
- 1 x 0.064 BTC
And assume that someone wants to mix 0.1 BTC by receiving a hundred of 0.001 BTC chips. How will they refill those 0.001 chips without looking suspicious? Will they split some of the 0.002 and some of the 0.004?
According to this post;
I thought of another use: what if you wanted to know how many addresses might be ChipMixer chips? They have specific sizes of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 or 8192 mBTC. A quick search (using yesterday's address list) shows:
1 mBTC: 266408 addresses
2 mBTC: 66301 addresses
4 mBTC: 30343 addresses
8 mBTC: 15695 addresses
16 mBTC: 8290 addresses
32 mBTC: 3894 addresses
64 mBTC: 1797 addresses
128 mBTC: 1167 addresses
256 mBTC: 595 addresses
512 mBTC: 259 addresses
1024 mBTC: 442 addresses
2048 mBTC: 120 addresses
4096 mBTC: 139 addresses
8192 mBTC: 59 addresses
I conclude that there's no reason to mix more than 1 BTC using 0.512 or 0.256 chips, but rather hundreds of 0.001 & 0.002 chips unless you put the transaction fees above your privacy. It's much easier for a chain analysis company to search among 100-500 addresses than from hundreds of thousands.
Another;
I really, really want 1 BTC chip!
You are in luck! We have introduced commonize function which will swap your weird looking 1.024 BTC chip into 1 BTC chip and weird looking 0.512 BTC into 0.5 BTC.
Does that mean that you already have 0.5 & 1 BTC chips or that you'll split your weird looking 1.024 & 0.512 to 1 and 0.5? If it's the latter, isn't is meaningless?
This service is different than the rest due to this chip feature, which is, essentially, funds deposited prior your decision to mix coins. This means that it's
time which makes it hard to trace. If you knew that I wanted to mix within a certain chronological period, you could exclude lots of transactions to detect who's the mixer.
I just don't understand how you know
when it's the perfect time to create new chips.