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The Bitcoin Privacy Problem: How to Increase Bitcoin Privacy

22 Jun 2023 4 minute read 5 comments MintDice.com

When Bitcoin first became popular in 2012, people everywhere stated that it was a more private and decentralized form of money. While Bitcoin is truly decentralized, time has come to show us that it is not truly private, in fact, many die-hard Bitcoi...

First Bitcoin “Mixer” Penalized by FinCEN

20 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on October 19 said that it had charged Larry Dean Harmon, the creator of Bitcoin’s first mixer, for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. The $60 million civil lawsuit filing focuses on Harmon’s work o...

Beware: Coin Mixing Is Now a Crime!

14 Feb 2020 3 minute read 2 comments SwapTok.com

  According to recent reports from the USA Department of Justice, coin mixing is now a crime.   Officials thursday released a statement by Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski, making the department’s views on bitcoin mixer...