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		JoeAltmaier on Oct 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First Bitcoin “mixer” penalized for violating anti... But does that identify anybody? I'm a noob here; does every bitcoin ID come with a user identifying record?

hombre_fatal on Oct 19, 2020 [–]

No, taint analysis is done backwards from points of transaction (Coinbase, retailers, etc) and the US government clearly does a lot of it. If you run a Bitcoin casino, the DOJ will email you asking for info about a given Bitcoin address/txn from time to time, for example, as they track the exchange of hands.

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