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Re: 2023 List Bitcoin Mixers Bitcoin Tumblers Websites
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LeGaulois
on 07/02/2023, 15:35:04 UTC


Yep.
However, you can consider the fact, for exemple, Wasabi is operatated by a company (zkSNACKs Ltd). And by nature, a company is centralized. This said  CoinJoins are by nature P2P and decentralized.
It's the tricky part, mixing the centralization with the decentralization.

As a result, who really décides? The company, as a coordinator, can block transactions they don't like to avoid hackers and scammers
The zkSNACKs coordinator will start refusing certain UTXOs from registering to coinjoins.
Today, hackers and scammers but soon or later it will be everything considered illicit. No really choice, since any company has to abide by the laws (money laundering,...)

Never, I've heard about a bitcoin mixer doing that.
I hope I'm not being too critical about Wasabi. They do a good job in their field