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Mixer
A privacy protocol that mixes deposits from many users, breaking on-chain links between deposit and withdrawal addresses. Tornado Cash was the largest crypto mixer before OFAC sanctions (August 2022). Wasabi and Samourai are Bitcoin CoinJoin-style mixers. Mixers face substantial regulatory scrutiny; several operators have faced criminal charges (Tornado developers, Samourai).
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