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by j15t 3722 days ago
You did say that because you said that using a Bitcoin mixer is equivalent to money laundering.

On the Bitcoin network all transactions are public and can be linked to an individual. Without mixers it quite possible that the details of all of your financial transactions will be public.

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No I didn't say that because...

> Are you saying you're 100% comfortable sharing the details of all financial transactions you're a part of with "the world"?

and

> using a Bitcoin mixer is equivalent to money laundering.

Are not equivalent statements.

> Without mixers it quite possible that the details of all of your financial transactions will be public.

Not true since you've forgotten the other option available to me; I don't have to use Bitcoin; you've presented a false dichotomy. I can simply choose not to use Bitcoin, consider mixing money laundering (that is after all its express intent, hiding the source of money), and still keep my financial transactions non public as they are today.