OK, I am interested in testing your service when this new campaign opens, and maybe you could learn from mistakes chipmixer made and make some improvements.
It's not only trust I question, I also wonder if you have enough Bitcoins in reserve to support mixer operating for future, or you are basing Whirlwind future only on earning from fees?
What is maxiumm amount of Bitcoin someone could mix today using Whirlwind.money?
We do have our own Bitcoins which are added gradually with other users deposits. The amount currently in the pool is a bit over 3
BTC but I expect it will grow at a fast pace over the next weeks. The anonimity set (amount of deposits your output transaction could originate from) is only going to become stronger the longer the service runs.
The reserve can always be verified here:
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1qf8h5k6sash8007vpesymxkw2xsg5d0r3j4l5vmcrwpz2pqu66fjstzgd3rIt's hard to come up with a number for the maximum amount because it depends on a few things. If you use Fast mode then I wouldn't recommend sending more than the amount currently in the pool. If you use Notes then it doesen't really matter since you can deposit and withdraw whenever you like, so you could deposit any amount, but withdraw over a longer period.
How long do you keep this records (note public key and balance) and do you keep any IP address from users?
We keep the public key and balance stored until the Note's balance is completely spent. Nothing else is logged, no IP, no deposit address/transaction or anything that could link the Note to you. You also have the option to combine 2 or more Notes and get a new one. For example you have a 1
BTC Note and another 0.5
BTC Note, you can combine them and you get a new Note with a 1.5
BTC balance.
I also want to make it clear that we do not use mixing codes or anything that could link your transactions.
Don't get me wrong, nothing personal against you, but I am always a bit suspicious to any new service that shows up.
All good, if you have other questions please ask otherwise I'll wait for your review!
Welcome to bitcointalk and as a campaign participant I will use my first week's payment to test the site and afterwards give my reviews on the mixing facility of a whirlwind, even though this project came as a replacement to chipmixer it's very important to know what users stands to the gain from using this services.
But I must say that the site is quite friendly and could become the next stop point for many mixer users who may have been disappointed in the seizure of chip mixer site.
Thank you and waiting for your review! The part that I bolded is not accurate though, we were working on this long before anything happened. I started this because I believe our mechanism is better than the other solutions, including CM. The CM saga more or less proved my assumption that a better service is needed right.