The last one is one of the signers and it's a physical server in a secure location that we have visual access to 24/7, so it can't be tampered with.
Did you mean physical access? Or does this mean there's a camera pointed at the server?
I will also change all servers and rotate providers once in a while just to be sure.
When you move a server to a different provider, do you also create a new multisig (so the privkey/seed from the retired server is no longer valid)?
Both, but at this point I'm only relying on the camera. If I observe anything out of the ordinary then I'll just get another server and set it up in the backup location, but I highly doubt it will come to this.
Yes, everything besides the frontend Tor link and the clearnet reverse proxy server will be changed. The frontend server will be changed too, we will only keep the current Tor link so it's less confusing for users.
I suggest not relying only on Bitcointalk community members. Try to involve the greater bitcoin community in this, for example, on reddit, twitter, and the various Bitcoin conventions. The last thing the forum administration wants is the resemblance that it's openly facilitating mixer activity.
I don't want to cause any issues for anyone, let alone hurt the whole forum so I'll stop discussing this here, the only reason I did in the first place was because I thought users would prefer this over having to trust me, but I'll run the service this way for a while and whenever I'll get the chance to make everything trustless I will. If anyone has any ideas in this direction you're welcome to DM or email me and I'll gladly discuss further.
After a quick navigation of the website anybody can see it is simple to use and the Fast or Notes options are extremely easy to select. It is a basic
no-nonsense to the point website that is easy to navigate and that is a plus for end users and that should play a very important part as your business grows.
Having said that one of the fears people must have is about sending funds to mixers at the unfortunate time the mixer decides to exit scam (and to my knowledge it does happen from to time because people end up posting about getting scammed). Keeping that in mind this would be a very difficult question to answer but what can you say here and now to give confidence to forum members that a future exit scam is the furthest thing from your mind and what your very long term strategy is?
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It's impossible to answer this question in a way that would have any sort of weight and I don't want to appear like I'm asking users to trust me just because I'm writing some messages here. My expertise/intentions will become clear from my actions as time goes on and that's the only way I can prove myself other than decentralizing the service.
I've been very transparent about every detail of Whirlwind, I've built everything from the ground up. I took the time to analyze every aspect of this business and I believe I came up with something unique in the Bitcoin space, something that our competitors don't even come close to from a technical standpoint.
It seems like a different mixer launches every day, but if you have a more in-depth look you will notice that each one of them has some major issues.
Use of jambler.io as their backend/very weak privacy set/ use of Cloudflare/ use of mixing codes which basically means keeping logs.
Even though I could have taken a lot of shortcuts in order to get the service out in 10x less time, I chose to do everything the right way and made no compromises at all.