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1  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 31, 2023, 03:42:46 PM
You saw through our marketing ploy, confirming your importance as a trusted forum member. Our respect Smiley. But you and other users, understand... The new conditions of the forum contributed to this cunning move on our part. Our competitors spent significant amounts per month on a subscription company, and we had such goals. But blocking branches devalues costs, and it was necessary to remain in history and raise coverage at the end of existence. An aggressive marketing strategy does not make our mixer fraudulent. Yes, this fact of staging for someone will mean stopping working with our service, but others will see this as a non-standard approach to solving the problem. It was just the "yellow press" and that was it. It is inherent in all businessmen, and we are no exception. This is not a scam and we are not scammers. This proves the fact that there is not a single victim.

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The reason for today's problem: a technical glitch that caused the suspension of transactions in our system. It's nothing serious.
What a convenient way to end your thread 2 days before it gets locked by Admin and all mixer owned accounts get banned from posting!

Exactly!  Wink

Umm... this is you confirming that you're astroturfing? You create a fake complaint by your own account to boost credibility from an impression that you're trustworthy enough to solve such big transaction in a very short time?

Yes, it is. But we can't understand why "in a very short time"? This kind of problem is solved very quickly when two parties (the operator and the client) have contacted each other. There's nothing here that could take a lot of time.  Wink
2  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 30, 2023, 09:22:46 PM
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Somehow they have concluded that it is acceptable for them to fake a transaction that was not completed by a user that they controlled and they resolved the issue

Which user are you talking about?
It was just us. We didn't "control" anyone.
3  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 30, 2023, 06:17:02 PM
every extraordinary action = fraud at once? who outlined such a template...
By this action, we only wanted to raise the turnover. And we consider this normal.

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All this proves is that your haven't had an opportunity to pull an exit scam yet.
We launched a major project update in November. We confirmed reserves of $2,300,000 + and used almost $1,000,000 for this "staging" to come out with what? =)
4  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 30, 2023, 04:55:16 PM
You saw through our marketing ploy, confirming your importance as a trusted forum member. Our respect Smiley. But you and other users, understand... The new conditions of the forum contributed to this cunning move on our part. Our competitors spent significant amounts per month on a subscription company, and we had such goals. But blocking branches devalues costs, and it was necessary to remain in history and raise coverage at the end of existence. An aggressive marketing strategy does not make our mixer fraudulent. Yes, this fact of staging for someone will mean stopping working with our service, but others will see this as a non-standard approach to solving the problem. It was just the "yellow press" and that was it. It is inherent in all businessmen, and we are no exception. This is not a scam and we are not scammers. This proves the fact that there is not a single victim.

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The reason for today's problem: a technical glitch that caused the suspension of transactions in our system. It's nothing serious.
What a convenient way to end your thread 2 days before it gets locked by Admin and all mixer owned accounts get banned from posting!

Exactly!  Wink
5  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 29, 2023, 10:10:21 PM
We resolved the situation with the client and returned all his funds to him.

The reason for today's problem: a technical glitch that caused the suspension of transactions in our system. It's nothing serious. [banned mixer] still retains the title of the most anonymous bitcoin mixer in the industry. Wink



The [banned mixer] team sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience and worries we have caused you. We will do everything in our power to minimize such problems in the future as much as possible.

We also want to note one point:
Since Niquoles had to "depersonalize" his address, we will provide him with free mixing.
We will also provide compensation to all injured customers who were affected by this trouble in the amount of $100 in pure bitcoins.

Sincerely, PureMixer teamBTC
6  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 29, 2023, 09:25:04 PM
We're here. Don't panic. We are currently resolving the situation with the client.
7  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 25, 2023, 07:14:39 PM
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1) Why should I choose your mixer over all others?

1) [banned mixer] has been on the market for 1 year. You can verify this here: https://t.me/PureMixerNews by scrolling through the channel to its very beginning.
And during this time, there was not a single victim or even a person who complained of insolvency or lack of competence. The service is fully optimized and works properly. Since we are constantly improving the product. A little over a month ago, we released a large-scale update that added and improved every technical aspect. Our product is equipped with the best features and specifications. And we will continue to observe innovations from analytical companies or blockchain explorers and take countermeasures.

2) [banned mixer] is published by various media:

TheBitcoinNews.com - [banned mixer] breaks Blockchain
Cryptocreed.com - [banned mixer] opposes analytical companies
MarketBusinessNews.com - The best bitcoin mixers in 2023
Cryptocreed.com - The best bitcoin mixers in 2023

3) Our structure is in no way related to CoinJoin technology. The service practices classical mixing, the main purpose of which is not to confuse, but to fully break the links between your transactions before and after mixing, thereby preventing further surveillance on the blockchain.

4) The service has a Strict Privacy Policy.

5) Some of the lowest commissions.

6) We are the only representatives of the mixer in the market who are personally directly open to customers through anonymous messengers. (correct us if we are wrong)

7) We are the second Bitcoin mixer developers in the history of the industry to confirm the backup funds of the service. (correct us if we are wrong)

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2) What is your turnover?

As for the turnover:
In view of recent events, such as the launch of a major service update, confirmation of reserves, liquidation of a major competitor and the beginning of the promotion of the project in the information field, our turnover has grown significantly and continues to grow rapidly. We will refrain from publishing specific turnover figures. Let's just say that the amount that we could not confirm due to the fact that it was mixed by users - at the moment, the service wraps this amount per day.

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3) Do you have any API functions?

No, our service can only be used directly for security reasons. Because we can fully vouch for the security and guarantee it to you, but we will not be able to guarantee this if you transfer your data to third-party servers, since we do not control them.

Best Regards, PureMixer team BTC
8  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 14, 2023, 10:03:04 PM
Our servers are located outside the jurisdiction of ~ most EU countries.
What does this mean exactly? I, for example, am outside most EU countries, simply because I can be inside only one country at a time. Does this mean your servers are located inside the jurisdiction of at least one EU country?

Hi! - Our servers are not located in any EU country. BUT they may be under the jurisdiction of some (few) EU countries. That is why we wrote that "most" of the EU countries, not all.
The issue here is not geography per se, but of jurisprudence. Namely, in a friendly or unfriendly political relationship between the EU and the United States with the country in which we have deployed our servers. And the country where our servers are located is unfriendly to the EU and the USA.
Therefore: the US special services, together with the special services of some EU countries, will not be able to obtain a legal arrest warrant for our servers, since the local court (the court of the country where our servers are located) will not issue them an appropriate order due to international political disagreements/conflicts.
We hope that we have answered your question. Wink

What does this mean exactly? I, for example, am outside most EU countries, simply because I can be inside only one country at a time. Does this mean your servers are located inside the jurisdiction of at least one EU country?

I believe they mean that their servers are outside of EU (not sure if by "EU" they implied "Europe" or "European Union") and in that part of the world where they are located, most of "EU" countries do not have jurisdiction. Not having jurisdiction there probably means that no European law coercion can be applied in the country where servers are located -- or most of European countries do not have legal treaties with that country.

That's right, thanks. Smiley
9  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 13, 2023, 07:17:59 PM
About our Strict Privacy Policy:

1) Our servers are located outside the jurisdiction of the USA and most EU countries.

We have deployed servers in a territory that is outside the jurisdiction of the US government and most EU countries. Accordingly, they will not be able to get legitimate access to our servers by a court decision.

2) The principle of absolute "no log".

In view of the first point, it makes no sense for us to collect and store customer logs. Consequently: [banned mixer] adheres to the absolute principle of "no log" and all orders are erased instantly upon their successful completion/expiration.

3) Minimum availability of the JS code.

BUT. Our service does not use any third-party JS libraries from external resources —> therefore, our JS code is completely safe and does not pose any danger.

4) Our bitcoin mixer is made without the use of web frameworks and site builders.

Frameworks are often very large and contain a lot of functionality, and in our case most of it would be unused. Due to the size and amount of code, performance decreases, and also in such a large amount of code, especially if it is open source, vulnerabilities and errors can easily appear, which is completely unacceptable and which should not be allowed in any case. In addition, frameworks may not be flexible enough, which, in turn, may affect the speed of development and uniqueness of the product. As for the site builders, the sites assembled on the constructor eventually become heavy and have limited customization. Our service does not need a bunch of unnecessary useless animations that distract from the essence, because we are not making a Pinterest, but a working and unique tool.

5) Only encrypted channels for external secure communication with clients.

· Telegram ( secret chat ) - End-to-end encryption

· Session - End-to-end encryption

· ProtonMail - asymmetric encryption / + PGP = End-to-end encryption

6) We use encrypted disks.

We consider these very points listed above to be the foundation and foundation of confidentiality. These are the points that are vital for this kind of project. Since we believe that our commitment to a "strict privacy policy" is also compliance with "the rules of business hygiene" in the field in which we are located. Smiley What do you think about this? - share your opinions...
10  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 08, 2023, 08:13:30 PM
Improvements to the service that will be implemented in the future:
· Design improvement
· Adding the "FAQ" section
· Adding a discount system for regular customers

Cool to see that you are working on the UI!

I don't see the FAQ on your homepage, could you please share the link?

Hi! As we wrote earlier, this is in development... We believe that we could already implement the FAQ section on our sites. But we want to release this together with other aspects of the update. Therefore, we ask you to have a little patience and wait. As it is, the FAQ is ready, and we are ready to share this section (so far in text format) with you. Please read it:

What is the minimum and maximum amount to mix?
- The minimum amount for performing the mixing service is: 0.001 BTC, and the maximum amount for today is 56 BTC. But the maximum value of 56 BTC may vary (downwards). This is because our system automatically displays to the client, who is on the payment page, the liquid amount available at the current time period. This may be due to the fact that, for example, [banned mixer] has successfully sent a transaction to the client, but has not yet received the change (by the phrase "did not receive the change" we meant an "unconfirmed" transaction. After all, even though the funds after the transfer are displayed in the final wallet instantly, yet without confirmation in the blockchain, these funds are "dummies" that cannot be used). As practice shows, this is quite a frequent phenomenon, since the turnover of transactions into and out of the mixer is quite frequent.

What is the difference between mixer fees?
- The higher you charge the mixer's commission for the service —> the stronger the anonymity of your funds at the exit will become, since higher commissions are less obvious for analysis based on a comparison of incoming and outgoing amounts. Based on this, we recommend that you pay higher commissions than the minimum ones. (This is just our recommendation, not a call to action.)

What happens if you send an amount below the minimum?
- Our service does not mix these funds. To resolve this problem, you must contact our technical support with a letter of guarantee attached to the request. Then we will manually take control of this situation and return the funds to the user.

What happens if I send an amount higher than the maximum?
- [banned mixer] will mix your funds anyway. If the amount is much higher than the maximum mixing limit, and the mixer will not be able to systematically mix such a number of coins, then we will also take control of this situation with our own hands, and return the funds back to the user.

How long does the incoming address remain active?
- 24 hours. After this time, the session is automatically reset.

I made a transaction in the 24-hour range, but received 3 confirmations after the 24-hour session, what will happen?
- The most important thing is to send the transaction within these 24 hours, and the rest of the work is already up to us. Since [banned mixer] instantly identifies the transfer and already systematically waits for 3 network confirmations in the Blockchain.

Do we keep logs?
- PureMixer stores all information about the order up to its successful completion/expiration date. This is necessary in order to help the user and resolve the situation in case of unpleasant situations caused by a system failure. Upon completion of the order - PureMixer instantly erases all user information. An exception may be if at this moment (at the time of successful completion of the order) a technical failure occurs on the servers, but after their restoration, any customer-identifying information is immediately deleted. (No service is immune from this.)
Note:
We store information about INCOMPLETE transactions for 168 hours to help users if necessary, and delete this information instantly after 168 hours. The service practices the absolute principle of no log.

what address formats does Puremixer support?
- [banned mixer] supports the following address formats:

P2PKH which begin with the number 1:
Example - 1Fh7ajXabJBpZPZw8bjD3QU4CuQ3pRty9u

P2SH type starting with the number 3:
Example - 3KF9nXowQ4asSGxRRzeiTpDjMuwM2nypAN

Bech32 type starting with bc1:
Example - bc1qf3uwcxaz779nxedw0wry89v9cjh9w2xylnmqc3

How long does the mixing process itself take?
- Upon reaching the 3 necessary confirmations, the mixing process itself is performed in the blockchain, it is performed almost instantly, within 1 minute. (if you didn't set any delay). The mixing process with a delay (for example + 2 hours) will look like this: 3 confirmations of your transaction in the blockchain —> 2 hours of delay + a few minutes of additional delay (random delta) to the main delay.

How many transactions can I send to the incoming address generated by the [banned mixer]?
- as indicated in our modal window that pops up before going to the payment page: "You cannot reuse the same current PureMixer bitcoin address. To re-deposit funds, you must wait until the end of the current service, and then create a new mix order."
To paraphrase: you can send only one transaction and no more!

Is there any way I can observe the mixing process?
- Log into your wallet from which you initiated the transfer to the service, find this very transaction sent to the mixer, then copy the hash of the transaction, the address of the mixer or the address from which you sent the funds, and paste it into the search bar of any blockchain explorer (for example, in Blockchair or Mempool) and monitor the process of your funds.

What is PureMixerCode?
- PureMixerCode is a mixing code that ensures that the funds you sent earlier will not be returned to you when you use the service again. You won't need it for the first mixing, but you will need it in subsequent ones. Therefore, we definitely recommend saving this code.

How many network confirmations does a Bitcoin mixer need to accept transactions?
- 3 confirmations of the blockchain network.

Can I use a website with a VPN?
- Yes, you can use PureMixer in conjunction with a VPN.

Why should I use bitcoin mixer? What do I need it for?
- In a world where more and more information is stored electronically and can be accessed at any time and from any place, the issue of protecting your own privacy is becoming increasingly important. But, unfortunately, as practice and statistics show, this is often used for selfish and malicious purposes. Such as:

1) Government surveillance for national security purposes. BUT they do not end there, which, in turn, respectively, results in abuse of power and excessive surveillance of every step of citizens.

2) Surveillance by large corporations in order to use a person's personal data for allegedly selecting suitable advertising and marketing.

3)  Surveillance and identity theft by cybercriminals for financial gain.

All this causes an irreparable blow and significant damage to the property and reputation of innocent people.

With such a tendency, people a priori will not be able to be sure that their actions and statements of any positions or thoughts about anything will not be prosecuted and suppressed by law enforcement agencies. What we, the operators of the bitcoin mixer "[banned mixer]", do not tolerate!

Thus, confidentiality is the right of every person to preserve their own personal boundaries. This is necessary to ensure freedom of speech and, in general, to live a life that the person himself prefers. Surveillance of citizens is a phenomenon that exists and threatens the privacy of every person and requires careful and careful regulation by the authorities and large companies. But the latter, unfortunately, on the contrary, only contribute to its aggravation, not regulation. PureMixer is here to take on this mission.



Next week we will post a post about our "strict privacy policy", what it is. Wait for it.


Sincerely, PureMixer team



11  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 04, 2023, 08:08:11 PM
Increased the range of delay selection. Was up to 120 hours (five days), became up to 168 hours (seven days).

Improvements to the service that will be implemented in the future:
· Design improvement
· Adding the "FAQ" section
· Adding a discount system for regular customers

Be with a pure dossier, be with PureMixer BTC
12  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - Bitcoin mixer | 50+ BTC in reserves are confirmed! on: December 04, 2023, 10:56:25 AM
The reality is this:

Let's be honest. At the moment, the darknet exists and will continue to exist. And moreover, to progress. Let's say the goal of any government is to eliminate one well-established and large-scale darknet site. However, according to all the canons of ancient mythology, in fact, three more sites are formed in its place, similar to it, but only more immoral and selfish. The mixing services market has already been formed and it's not going anywhere. The war declared by the Governments of various countries is futile. It cannot be defeated by the methods that are used against our services. Bans won't work. The stricter the punishment, the more profitable this industry will be. In view of the banal minimization of supply, by eliminating the huge and influential "players" of this industry. We felt this from our personal experience after the liquidation of Sinbad. Since after this incident, the amount of funds coming into our service has increased. This forum is a discipline for all of us (Bitcoin mixer operators). It is here that we answer with our "head" for every flaw or unpleasant situation. It is here that we publish and keep all users informed about updates or various technical services. This is where we build our reputation. This is where the victim can report fraud to any service. And such a huge community with incalculable influence will do everything in relation to this fraudulent service so that no one else uses it. By depriving us, honest and stagnant players of this forum - you will create chaos, in which many unscrupulous fraudulent and clonal bitcoin mixers will surface. And uninformed users will constantly come across these "bayonets". Fraud and irresponsible provision of such services will grow exponentially.

Our major predecessors, such as: Bitcoin Fog, Bitmixer, Bitblender, ChipMixer, Tornado cash and Sinbad, put a lot of effort into popularizing Bitcoin mixer services. And judging by the publicly available figures that appeared in the turnover of these services (billions of dollars), the market successfully accepted this. And this bitcoin mixer industry is now an integral part of our modern life in the crypto space.

We are well aware that the forum administrator may be scared due to the fact that this forum also promotes services that are more or less related to the darknet. But this does not mean that it is necessary to completely eradicate this segment from the crypto industry in this community right away.
You might as well ban casinos, KYC-free exchangers, decentralized exchanges, exchanges that also do not require KYC, and others... After all, they are all in demand among criminals, including.

Moreover, we believe that the imposition of sanctions on Sinbad by governments is a unique political case. Since there is a pattern in all those cases when the authorities resorted to the elimination of bitcoin mixers. This is the connection with North Korea:
Blender - was connected with North Korea.
Tornado cash - was connected with North Korea.
Sinbad - was connected with North Korea.

So we will venture to assume that the connection of the service with darknet sites is a secondary reason why the service will be sanctioned.

At the end of our appeal, we want to summarize our thoughts and vision on this matter:

History is cyclical. If we leave the market (honest mixers who are responsible for their business, working tirelessly for many months, years, constantly improving) - irresponsible bitcoin mixers will come in our place, driven solely by a thirst for personal and short-term profit (yes, we are talking about fraud). Or about deliberate draining of confidential customer data, etc.

We promote and offer freedom to everyone. It is in the current realities and under certain circumstances: it is achieved precisely by gaining confidentiality.
Freedom is a value that allows anyone to freely express their thoughts and build their personal life at their discretion. It is the foundation for the development of society and ideas in general. But it also has another side of the coin, namely, its abuse for selfish purposes. But should we abandon such an ideology just because it has some side effect from time to time? Our opinion is no.



Several trusted users of the forum recommended that we "repurpose" in order to avoid this ban. Our response:
No, we are not going to change anything related to the concept of our tool. [banned mixer] It was built the way it is. Under no circumstances will we change our vision and principles regarding this. After spending a lot of time on research and analysis, we came to the conclusion: that the concept of traditional (classical) mixing is the best of all existing ones. And we have described to you only a small part of why we think so.:
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We offer cryptotransaction anonymization services based on classical (traditional) mixing. To date, most bitcoin mixers use CoinJoin technology or are somehow indirectly (as they themselves claim) connected with it. Which is not good due to the fact that for many years analytical companies have used and continue to use many tools and countermeasures against this technology, such as CoinJoin Sudoku and others. A certain number of mixers are running on the basis of the Jambler platform, which is also not good. Since the operators of such bitcoin mixers cannot guarantee with 100% confidence to their users anything, for example, the most important thing - privacy, since the service is far from being 100% subject to them, because such mixers will be produced on the Jambler infrastructure.



Telegram for support?

I haven't extensively read their privacy policy, but I am very skeptical about that app. To me, it's like a ticking time bomb. Let say you were in sinbad situation and the law enforcement was combing through all corners for evidence and information about the person behind the mixer and the customers. What would stop them from reaching out to the Telegram team for the information and logs?

Hi, thanks for the question.
1) We are the only ones in the industry whose service offers as many as 3 channels of secure external communication with our team.
2) Nothing prevents the user from creating a "secret chat" in telegram before contacting us directly, in which E2E encryption takes effect, which provides a high level of security. All information in such chats is encrypted on the sender's device and is only decrypted on the recipient's device. No one, not even the Telegram developers, has access to the content of the messages. + in addition, Telegram released an update on December 6, 2022, which made registration in the messenger available without a physical SIM card. (below we will provide a link to this update so that you and everyone can familiarize themselves with it more thoroughly.)
3) We have never encouraged users to contact us exclusively via Telegram. We only gave users a choice and that's all. We will be happy to give customers feedback as soon as possible on any of these three communication channels.

https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0?setln=en

With care, PureMixer team
13  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: December 03, 2023, 04:30:36 PM
In the near future, we will publish a post related to the latest news of the forum regarding us. Wait for it.
14  Other / Meta / Re: Mixers to be banned on: December 01, 2023, 09:58:00 PM
It sucks... Undecided
15  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 29, 2023, 06:40:54 PM
We are waiting for a design change, in general, the mixer does not resemble a simple scam site, it seems that the developer is trying. Time will tell

Yes, as we wrote earlier, we will deal with this issue in the near future.


Just an hour ago, a bitcoin mixer called "Sinbad" was liquidated. This is both bad news for those who suffered the loss of their funds at such an unfortunate moment, and a very good opportunity for us as bitcoin mixer operators. Sinbad was a worthy competitor, with a fairly strong technical component. In this regard, in addition to improving the design, we will also add/improve other aspects of our service. We will do everything to become the best alternative possible for you. Wait for us.

Best regards, PureMixer team
16  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 20, 2023, 12:52:49 PM
Welcome to the forum

I just checked out the website, not that it matters so much, but the information is scattered in huge letter across the home page, making it easy to ignore. Very huge letters always feel so intimidating to the eyes

I suggest you redesign the home page, put in some more additional information such as FAQs for users who access your site minus looking at your ANN in this forum


  • PureMixer commissions are among the lowest on the market

  • Availability of PureMixer code (mixing code)
Did you mean PureMixer service fee is among the lowest on the market? I don't intend to promote whirlwind in my post but they offer free mixing and that's donation based as we have seen with ChipMixer. Although whirlwind is doing this as an experiment for the next 3 months.
To be fair, they haven't claimed that their service charges the lowest fees in the market. They say PureMixer commissions are among the lowest on the market. Pay attention to the wording.

Hi! We remember and keep in mind your criticism regarding the design and adaptation of our homepage. First of all, we decided to focus all our attention and strength on more important aspects, which we successfully coped with. In the near future we will take up this, so that your note will be satisfied. We will not give specific dates yet. We promise only that it will be fixed.

Sincerely, PureMixer team BTC
17  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 19, 2023, 07:52:56 PM
- I received 8 signed messages, each of which included my name and the current date.
Confirmed.

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- The balances of 8 Bitcoin addresses were replenished at approximately the same time and contained a total of more than 50 Bitcoins.
Confirmed. I want to add that the addresses were funded recently. This proves access to funds at this moment.

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- All signatures are authentic and verified using Electrum
Confirmed.

Thank you LoyceV for your cooperation Wink

We want to note once again that this was only part of the reserves, albeit a large one. The remaining amount of reserves of ~3.7 BTC is scattered across many wallets and leads to users, which we understandably did not resort to for signing. Thanks and best regards!

I'll add here my two cents, if I may. I remember I read about this company back in April, yet it seems things are changed now.

I was not involved in this discussion since its beginning, but I kept an eye on it.

What I want to add here is that icopress is, for sure, a very trustworthy forum user and he received many appreciations for his professionalism during years. If he says he received the signed messages I believe him.

At same time, LV is another very trustworthy forum user and, in case he will also confirm the messages from PureMixer all doubts are solved.

Both of them are persons which I'd trust to cash out my salary each month and I'd be more than sure they would give me my money back.

Later edit: Loyce posted just when I was writing this and it seems we have his confirmation as well.
This is just the beginning. Smiley Thanks!

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Very interesting that OP was loudly opposing to provide the signed proof of reserves highlighting risks of undermining security of mixing operations and their users, but then simply sends the sensitive data over a state-controlled unencrypted communication channel, instead of relying on a more secure alternative offered (email that supports end-to-end encryption). It's either hypocrisy or incompetence.

Yes, at that time we didn't want to sign the message. and the reason for this was not the method of sending subscription messages, but to whom we will sign it. We didn't like the fact of signing bitcoins to people unknown to us. But we ourselves brought the situation to such a "boiling point" that it really became necessary to sign bitcoins. And we signed bitcoins to those users whom the majority of the forum trust.
Regarding the method of sending: you are reasoning hypothetically (that, they say, law enforcement agencies could notice this message), and when the reasoning is hypothetical, no probabilities can be excluded. So yes, there is a chance of this, but let's be honest, it's close to 0, because it doesn't work quite like that (that companies keep records of everything and everything). In addition, the correspondence lasted only a few hours, since on both sides (both from ours and from the users to whom the messages were signed), the dialogue was irrevocably erased.

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Given also how long time it took for OP to understand the importance and rationale of LoG, I'd say the OP is relatively new in this industry without significant experience in operational/informational security and probably doesn't understand their threat model's top element is state. I would think twice trusting this service any sensitive information such as UTXO flows since I doubt they can provide a security level required for operating a mixer.

We have built our tool with dignity and in accordance with the privacy parameters. We have acted carefully, taking into account any possible outcome of this case (including the worst if the FBI liquidates our servers), and in this regard we have taken counter measures, in view of which you as users will not need to worry about data leakage. One of such significant actions on our part is that we have deployed servers in a territory that is outside the jurisdiction of the US government and most EU countries. Our service flawlessly and fully copes with one and the main task: it makes a complete break of the blockchain between incoming addresses from you and outgoing addresses to you. By traditional mixing. Where in return you will receive completely alien and unrelated coins in the past.
We, as service operators, fully cope with one and the main task that already comes from us: we permanently erase user logs after a successfully rendered service.
As for the letter of guarantee, the issue has been resolved. The problem has been fixed. Not a single user has been harmed during the long months of our service. There's no need to stir up the past.

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Or even worse - them being investigated low-profile then suddely having their servers seized with all the customer data compromised. Happened to some of the best in case you are familiar with historical events of services on this forum Smiley

All of us (Bitcoin mixers) are under such a blow. The question is different: how well the operators have prepared for this strike. We repeat: our servers are located outside the jurisdiction of the USA and most EU countries. Accordingly, they will not be able to get legitimate access to our servers by a court decision. Based on this: they can either simply liquidate our servers and only, or go further and maliciously seize and gain access to our servers. But if they do that (which is possible) then they will not be able to bring it to the media and will not be able to get a warrant in order to fully investigate the case, since they got access to our servers illegally. Based on all this, we can conclude that it would be better for us, as service operators, not to keep any logs regarding users.
And yes, everyone's favorite CM, which was liquidated in the spring of this year: stored records of personal data of customers weighing 7 TB Smiley. We assume that the operator of this mixer intentionally saved and accumulated information about orders, so that in case of proceedings with the authorities, he could rely on the "crutch" from the collected data of these orders, in order to offer this data in response to some kind of leniency. Arranged a kind of "airbag". And he can be understood, because he is a citizen of a neutral country for various jurisdictions, to whom they could easily send an extradition request.

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After reading everything here, I gotta say I'm on the same page about this. One obvious example was using fonts and stuff from third-party sites. Like, who needs fancy fonts on a bitcoin mixer? Even newbie coders know that crap can be used to track people.  If they're making such basic screw-ups, I dunno how much I trust PureMixer to really know what they're doing running this kinda biz.  Im no security expert that's just my take, but it's enough to make me skeptical.

You wrote about fonts. Well... CryptoMixer after more than 7 years of work still sends requests for fonts (and for some reason no one talks about it Huh). ETFbitcoin user kindly pointed this point out to us and made us realize that it is better to eliminate it. Which we actually did.
We think that when experienced users find "holes" and shortcomings in a newly-minted service, this is completely normal. After all, forums of this kind like BitcoinTalk are also designed for this, so that the community with their knowledge in different fields and points of view - to bring the service to perfection.

Sincerely, PureMixer team BTC
18  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 18, 2023, 01:07:11 AM
So I'll be as brief as possible.

- I received 8 signed messages, each of which included my name and the current date.
- The balances of 8 Bitcoin addresses were replenished at approximately the same time and contained a total of more than 50 Bitcoins.
- All signatures are authentic and verified using Electrum so I confirm that PureMixer has significant Bitcoin reserves.

I hope Loyce will join us and will also let you know if he received a similar letter from PureMixer.
We thank icopress for his cooperation. Wink

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I hope Loyce will join us and will also let you know if he received a similar letter from PureMixer.
Yes, we sent an identical letter confirming the reserves to the user LoyceV. We also expect ETFbitcoin if he shows interest in this.

we also want to note that icopress and LoyceV were informed in order to permanently delete the signed message after checking and making sure of its legitimacy.

Best regards, PureMixer team
19  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 17, 2023, 08:17:36 PM
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@ETFbitcoin was recently active in this thread. As they have a proven knowledge of Bitcoin, I suggest them as another member for this verification. If he wants, of course.
@ETFbitcoin, are you in business?  Smiley
20  Other / Archival / Re: [banned mixer] - service for anonymization of crypto transactions | Bitcoin mixer on: November 17, 2023, 10:41:26 AM
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This is really great news. I don’t think there is a more effective tool for resolving any disputes than a letter of guarantee.  Smiley
Hello, Icopress! We fully share your opinion on this. Smiley

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Despite the fact that my opinion may be subjective, it still seems to me that I speak for the majority. I remember that initially you made some statements regarding your reserves, statements to which trusted forum users were quite skeptical.

Therefore, I suggest that you consider selecting one or two users and showing them a signed message confirming the availability of your reserves. I am also sure that there is no need to confirm the full amount of your Bitcoin reserves, since I understand perfectly well that technically this can be problematic.

But at the same time, I am inclined to think that confirming at least 30% of your reserves will add significance to previously spoken words and at the same time demonstrate the seriousness of your intentions to thoroughly gain a foothold in this niche of privacy-oriented projects.

I would recommend that you choose LoyceV, since I don't know anyone who values their or others' privacy more. This user is also one of the most trusted users of the forum, so I believe that this is the most suitable candidate. Of course, you can also choose me to check a signed ... I could tell a lot of good things about myself, but I'm afraid that it would not be ethical (so you will have to rely only on the feedback history about me).
Yes, we stated that the maximum amount that a client can mix in our mixer is 56 BTC. We have not made statements regarding the reserve directly. But yes, the fact that the maximum amount we have declared for mixing = 56 BTC suggests that at least this amount should be in our reserve. Some trusted users do not believe in the presence of 56 BTC in our reserve - we agree. We ourselves have given them reason to think so in the past. Well... we are ready to go for it and sign part of our bitcoin reserves (if it is really that important to you guys). It will not be easy to sign "technically" the entire amount, yes, but it is possible. But another thing is that a certain amount scattered over many wallets, as a result of mixing, leads to users, and it will be impossible to sign it for other reasons, namely: for reasons of confidentiality and our "No Log" principle, since a certain number of bitcoins have been mixed and sent to users during our existence. Therefore, in fact, we will get into their "pocket" and undermine their anonymity, which is unacceptable to us and which we will never resort to under any circumstances. We hope you understand and appreciate it. Smiley

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Now I was looking at your calculator and I'm surprised that the only offered calculation option is in dollars. Isn't Bitcoin being mixed here, not Dollars and are the mixed coins I receive converted according to the BTC/USD ratio?
Our main motivation to implement the calculator in USD, rather than in BTC, was that all our competitors (who have a calculator) - the calculation goes in BTC. And we decided to stand out so that users have a choice: use the calculator in USD or in BTC.

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You forgot to add the fixed fee per address "It varies from 0.5% to 2.5% + 0.0005 BTC per each target address."
0.0005 BTC - for a reason. For this fee, the client can receive his funds from several transactions, even if he filled out an order form with one address to receive (this does not matter). + Our service always sends a transaction to the user with a sufficient Sat/b commission (including to avoid network congestion, which we are currently observing). This is so, for general understanding. Thank you.

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Your service had some real issues that needed fixing.  But hey, at least you're admitting now that you messed up and accepting well-intentioned criticism. Better late than never, right? It's good that you want to improve things moving forward.  I respect that.
Right. Wink

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I don't think now's a good time to evaluate your mixing service considering the issues with Bitcoin network congestion lately.  But maybe you could organize some kind of contest or campaign to get people on this forum to test out and review your service? Get a handful of members to try it out and give feedback and  that might help generate some buzz.
We can hold some kind of competition or distribution of deposits to test the service. There are no problems with this. But this "action" should be carried out after the weakening of the Bitcoin network commissions. I think you will agree with us.

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My feedback was accurate, and my neutral feedback on your profile stays. There's nothing to "correct". You're in the trust business. You lied, I'll never trust you.
- Yes, your feedback at that time was accurate. We don't argue. But now everything has changed, and we just asked to edit the message in view of the current state of the service. If you don't want to do it, don't. This is not so fundamental.
- In fact, we didn't lie to you and all the users of the forum. First of all, we lied to ourselves in view of our incorrect vision on this score. Note that after your constructive explanation to us about the letter of guarantee and the essence of its importance, we did not continue to discuss and "bend our line of truth" as we took this into account, realized and developed it and eventually corrected it and admitted the mistake. This is about the letter of guarantee.

You also publicly expressed the following:
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Or, and that's my bet, you don't own 56 BTC, which makes this an exit scam waiting to happen.
And we are ready to eradicate this doubt. Many refer to you so that we sign bitcoins for you. And as we answered above, we are ready for it.

We are ready to sign a message about the availability of reserves not only to LoyceV. We also give you the right to choose one more trusted forum member whom you prefer for this purpose. Will wait.
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