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[MindlessWork]

You just setup another wallet somewhere brother, preferably one on your device, but not necessarily. Google how to setup a Bitcoin wallet, buy your bitcoins in whatever exchange, and instead of sending directly to the vendor, you send them to your wallet, then do the send from there.

Blockchain.com wallet is simple to set up and there's an app to manage it as well.

Once you have that setup you can then buy your coin on cashapp, then transfer to that newly created blockchain wallet. Then from that one you can then pay your source.

 

[DeadliftSpecialist]

Blockchain.com wallet is simple to set up and there's an app to manage it as well.

Once you have that setup you can then buy your coin on cashapp, then transfer to that newly created blockchain wallet. Then from that one you can then pay your source.

So thats more secure than just sending through coinbase?

 

[MindlessWork]

So thats more secure than just sending through coinbase?

Better to transfer to an external wallet as exchanges like coinbase will ban you if you send coin to a blacklisted address directly from say a coinbase wallet. As for blacklisting there's no info on what organizations flag such bitcoin addresses as no one will tell you as that's sensitive information.

 

[Millard]

So thats more secure than just sending through coinbase?

Not much better, if at all...

Coinbase may monitor who you send payments to up to 4 hops

Blockstream CEO Adam Back: "Some of the exchanges and wallets are using tracing services, and [if there is a connection to illicit activity] up to four hops deep away from you, they will freeze your account." This threatens fungibility. Possible solutions are anonymity services like...

thinksteroids.com

 

[MindlessWork]

Not much better, if at all...

Coinbase may monitor who you send payments to up to 4 hops

Blockstream CEO Adam Back: "Some of the exchanges and wallets are using tracing services, and [if there is a connection to illicit activity] up to four hops deep away from you, they will freeze your account." This threatens fungibility. Possible solutions are anonymity services like...

thinksteroids.com

And the exchanges will not reveal these tracing services as that's confidential information no doubt, but at least we now know that exchanges make use of them to block transfers to addies they flag.

 

[Millard]

And the exchanges will not reveal these tracing services as that's confidential information no doubt, but at least we now know that exchanges make use of them to block transfers to addies they flag.

idk maybe there is some public info on this. There are a few private companies that offer tracing for governmental/corporate entities. It may be in the news...

 

[Megadick3000]

To add to what Millard referenced, some exchanges will also freeze your account if you deposit directly from a coin mixer (anonymizer). I recently saw a guy on reddit complaining that binance froze his account after he deposited coins from a coin mixer, so thats something to consider if using such a service.

Regarding Blockchain.com, if you go on reddit you will see a lot of people warning you not to use them, something about hacking/scamming, losing all their crypto. I have used their wallets b4 and hours after signing up the email address i used to sign up (used only for that one site) suddenly got a random email from a random person. The email had no content nor attachments and was from some random gmail acct but the fact someone suddenly had my email address was a bit worrisome when nobody shouldve known that email address existed.

 

[VenomYo]

so for about a year straight i was buying gear online with crypto and it was all going smoothly until one day i wasn't able to buy more from my exchange. no explanation or anything. it was asking me to add a payment method when i have my bank account and debit card linked and nothing has changed. i tried a new debit card and it said "unable to add payment method" or "error". i've tried 3 or 4 different exchanges and the same thing happens everywhere.

i asked my friend who's an expert on this stuff and he said that because i was buying from the exchange and sending it directly to "blacklisted" wallets, i got blacklisted myself. he said what i should have done is buy from the exchange, send it to my own separate wallet, and then send it to where i need to send it.

now every time i want to make a purchase i have to go through him and it's annoying and impractical. localbitcoins.com seems kind of sketchy and risky. any suggestions?

localbitcoins, you will pay around 15-20% more than what marketprice is plus a 10 dollar transfer fee whenever you pay someone from your localbitcoins wallet. So it aint cheap, but it works and its anonymous

 

[MindlessWork]

To add to what Millard referenced, some exchanges will also freeze your account if you deposit directly from a coin mixer (anonymizer). I recently saw a guy on reddit complaining that binance froze his account after he deposited coins from a coin mixer, so thats something to consider if using such a service.

Regarding Blockchain.com, if you go on reddit you will see a lot of people warning you not to use them, something about hacking/scamming, losing all their crypto. I have used their wallets b4 and hours after signing up the email address i used to sign up (used only for that one site) suddenly got a random email from a random person. The email had no content nor attachments and was from some random gmail acct but the fact someone suddenly had my email address was a bit worrisome when nobody shouldve known that email address existed.

I use blockchain.com and I always monitored my account there and also very careful not to click any links in any emails from them. People need to be careful as it may well been a phishing attack that caused that.

 

[Megadick3000]

I use blockchain.com and I always monitored my account there and also very careful not to click any links in any emails from them. People need to be careful as it may well been a phishing attack that caused that.

Ya just be careful bro. I actually use my blockchain.com to receive from a mixer then forward to more reputable exchanges. But i dont kerp stuff on there for long, way too many bad reddit posts about them to feel safe having anything there for long. Also supposedly the owner has criminal convictions for fraud, not sure if true but it doesnt inspire confidence!

 

[MindlessWork]

Ya just be careful bro. I actually use my blockchain.com to receive from a mixer then forward to more reputable exchanges. But i dont kerp stuff on there for long, way too many bad reddit posts about them to feel safe having anything there for long. Also supposedly the owner has criminal convictions for fraud, not sure if true but it doesnt inspire confidence!

I might move my coin from there soon if I can find another wallet provider. I don't have a large balance there anyway...

 

[Megadick3000]

I might move my coin from there soon if I can find another wallet provider. I don't have a large balance there anyway...

Get a software wallet bro, hardware if your hardcore but it doesnt sound like you are. Exodus and Electrum are both pretty highly recommended software wallets. Wasabi wallet is another one ppl speak highly of, but if im not mistaken it has a built in coin mixer which could be good or bad if you read my earlier post about a guy on reddit saying his exchange froze his acct for depositing mixed coins. Good if you got something to hide though, you shady bastard

 

[MFAAS]

so for about a year straight i was buying gear online with crypto and it was all going smoothly until one day i wasn't able to buy more from my exchange. no explanation or anything. it was asking me to add a payment method when i have my bank account and debit card linked and nothing has changed. i tried a new debit card and it said "unable to add payment method" or "error". i've tried 3 or 4 different exchanges and the same thing happens everywhere.

i asked my friend who's an expert on this stuff and he said that because i was buying from the exchange and sending it directly to "blacklisted" wallets, i got blacklisted myself. he said what i should have done is buy from the exchange, send it to my own separate wallet, and then send it to where i need to send it.

now every time i want to make a purchase i have to go through him and it's annoying and impractical. localbitcoins.com seems kind of sketchy and risky. any suggestions?

Can use local bitcoin or local monero

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Ya just be careful bro. I actually use my blockchain.com to receive from a mixer then forward to more reputable exchanges. But i dont kerp stuff on there for long, way too many bad reddit posts about them to feel safe having anything there for long. Also supposedly the owner has criminal convictions for fraud, not sure if true but it doesnt inspire confidence!

I have read that coin mixers are not to be trusted, and can be tracked through the mixer. I have never used one, any recommendations, thoughts, opinions?

If anyone holds alot of crypto I'd highly recommend a hardware wallet. Stake if it's going to be used as a long term hold.

 

[Megadick3000]

I have read that coin mixers are not to be trusted, and can be tracked through the mixer. I have never used one, any recommendations, thoughts, opinions?

If anyone holds alot of crypto I'd highly recommend a hardware wallet. Stake if it's going to be used as a long term hold.

Ive never used a coin mixer, at least not intentionally. My on-ramp however automatically mixes coins when i buy with fiat. So most of my coins have been mixed at one point but thats not by intention on my part, just happens to be how my on-ramp provider goes about business.

Thus i really cant give an opinion on the subject.

 

[MFAAS]

Ive never used a coin mixer, at least not intentionally. My on-ramp however automatically mixes coins when i buy with fiat. So most of my coins have been mixed at one point but thats not by intention on my part, just happens to be how my on-ramp provider goes about business.

Thus i really cant give an opinion on the subject.

BTC mixers can still be traced. It just makes it harder to do so.

Especially if you are silly and withdraw the same amount you put in. I know they take a fee but the feds definitely have algorithms to figure out what the exact inoutand input should be.

If you send directly from coinbase to a mixer you WILL get bblacklisted. You might as well just say "I plan to do illegal things with this cryptocurrency".

The only....I REPEAT... THE ONLY ANONYMOUS cryptocurrency that is easily accessible and widely used is Minero. If you want anonymity then you convert to monero. Preferably using local monero.com. The fees from the vendors are paltry and it is super easy to use.

ALWAYS send from coinbase to a wallet then preferably to another wallet. Create new secondary wallets every once in a while and empty out/delete the old ones.

I have ti say, the feature from on ramp olk& automatically mixing your coins when you buy them with worthless. You are paying fiat for this crypto and then it is mixing is automatically THEN providing you the crypto. .well that crypto is still tied to your account which has your fiat info tied to it.
Then, because if you are always withdrawing to the same wallet, eventually the government will figure out, "Hey, this is Megadick3000's wallet," and none of that mixing pre-withdrawal will matter. That is what the feds are trying to do (and succeeding): create a giant data lake of crypto addresses and humans and be able to trace which address belongs to which humans (and thus associated transactions to humans too).

Use a fucking strong ass password for your shit wrote down your seed phrase somewherebitllŕ. I have altered the numbers here for security sake (yeah I'm that paranoid) and my primary exodus wallet passports is 69 characters. My secondary is 70. My monero wallet is 83. Again, all passphrases, often using words not in the dictionary. Got special characters. Ain't nobody ever cracking my shit. They would have to install key logger to get that shit from me...

I think coin mixers are a waste, just a relic from the early days of crypto before the government had programs to trace all blockchain transactions and we thought: "as long as you use bitcoin you are anonymous forever! Don't need to encrypt anything, just use TOR right from your main PC. Nobody is watching!" LMFAO!!! Yeah right!!!

Instead just go from on-ramp to withdraw to wallet A, send to wallet B, then to LocalMonero trade conversion using a highly rated seller that has their operation scripted (they are faster and all around better), then withdraw into you monero wallet! Done! Safe! Anonymous!

Be safe yall!

 

[Regular Joe]

BTC mixers can still be traced. It just makes it harder to do so.

Especially if you are silly and withdraw the same amount you put in. I know they take a fee but the feds definitely have algorithms to figure out what the exact inoutand input should be.

If you send directly from coinbase to a mixer you WILL get bblacklisted. You might as well just say "I plan to do illegal things with this cryptocurrency".

The only....I REPEAT... THE ONLY ANONYMOUS cryptocurrency that is easily accessible and widely used is Minero. If you want anonymity then you convert to monero. Preferably using local monero.com. The fees from the vendors are paltry and it is super easy to use.

ALWAYS send from coinbase to a wallet then preferably to another wallet. Create new secondary wallets every once in a while and empty out/delete the old ones.

I have ti say, the feature from on ramp olk& automatically mixing your coins when you buy them with worthless. You are paying fiat for this crypto and then it is mixing is automatically THEN providing you the crypto. .well that crypto is still tied to your account which has your fiat info tied to it.
Then, because if you are always withdrawing to the same wallet, eventually the government will figure out, "Hey, this is Megadick3000's wallet," and none of that mixing pre-withdrawal will matter. That is what the feds are trying to do (and succeeding): create a giant data lake of crypto addresses and humans and be able to trace which address belongs to which humans (and thus associated transactions to humans too).

Use a fucking strong ass password for your shit wrote down your seed phrase somewherebitllŕ. I have altered the numbers here for security sake (yeah I'm that paranoid) and my primary exodus wallet passports is 69 characters. My secondary is 70. My monero wallet is 83. Again, all passphrases, often using words not in the dictionary. Got special characters. Ain't nobody ever cracking my shit. They would have to install key logger to get that shit from me...

I think coin mixers are a waste, just a relic from the early days of crypto before the government had programs to trace all blockchain transactions and we thought: "as long as you use bitcoin you are anonymous forever! Don't need to encrypt anything, just use TOR right from your main PC. Nobody is watching!" LMFAO!!! Yeah right!!!

Instead just go from on-ramp to withdraw to wallet A, send to wallet B, then to LocalMonero trade conversion using a highly rated seller that has their operation scripted (they are faster and all around better), then withdraw into you monero wallet! Done! Safe! Anonymous!

Be safe yall!

If you used a burner phone and a Bitcoin ATM it seems like you would be anonymous

 

[MFAAS]

If you used a burner phone and a Bitcoin ATM it seems like you would be anonymous

Most likely. They can still track and trace burner phones. If you still have the location on your primary phone then over time they could correlate the locations on the 2 phones and figure out who is who. But yeah, there's options for OPSEC that would be adequate for a person who was willing to go through the trouble. Honestly buying monero had been easier. With the new bank account rules though I'll be looking for alternatives like that because tax implications.

 

[milkbone]

If you used a burner phone and a Bitcoin ATM it seems like you would be anonymous

The only BTC ATMs in my area need you to use an app, but since now I can emulate Windows, spoof my location, as well as emulate an ADAM running BASIC or just make my IP from Russia, plus have 2 sim slots in my phone that just may help. Not the ADAM part, just a little braggadocio regarding me playing ColecoVision on my phone, but dual sim and developer mode can manage some stuff