If ChipMixer is indeed a honeypot, then the data they gather wouldn't be used to catch small or even medium-sized criminals. It's about getting a few big fish - the robberies that are in the hundreds of millions. If every $20m or $40m hack was pursued using privileged data, people would catch on pretty fast and the honeypot would become worthless
Chipmixer isn't a honeypot it would've been discovered if suspicions arose. There's a prospect they're keeping parts of data. Who's seen their behind the scenes work? We don't know if they're doing it but it's trusted so why'd you hint that?
May I request that future questions or concerns about the theory be directed to me via DM either here or on Twitter? While I have thought this through carefully and likely have explanations for all of your concerns or rebuttals, I'd prefer not to turn this thread into a back and forth about ChipMixer being a honeypot, because ultimately it's just a theory and it probably shouldn't be discussed at length in their official business thread.
Why's the theory important? If you don't want to have discussions at length here you're able to make fresh threads developed on your theory.