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what do you think about tornado.cash? It's apparently a very effective mixer. I wonder what law enforcement can do if someone ends up using tornado_cash.

There is absolutely no way of knowing if the money is good or bad. If you consider every mixed_cash as bad, you would be forced to assume that the entire cryptocurrency is bad bec of how the money flows.

>>Alexan+(OP)
> If you consider every mixed_cash as bad, you would be forced to assume that the entire cryptocurrency is bad bec of how the money flows.

That's exactly what's happening, according to this page that was on the HN front page a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30224637

>>Mauran+Y8
Thanks for the link.

Millions of innocent people use cryptocurrencies. Even if you assume a currency is bad, its impractical to think that millions of people are bad.

>>Alexan+(OP)
I don't understand all technicalities of cryptocurrencies, however you make it illegal to mix with known stolen cryptocurrencies - and then it won't get mixed; else yes, it's a problem if your ethics make you okay with rewarding criminal behaviour by allowing stolen money to be spent.

>>Alexan+af
Do you have a estimate on people using cryptocurrencies on a monthly basis (even in orders of magnitude)