Cryptocurrency mixing service Bitcoin Blender has reportedly willingly shut down after issuing a short notice asking its users to withdraw their funds, tech news outlet BleepingComputer reports on May 30.
"We are a hidden service that mixes your bitcoins to remove the link between you and your transactions. This adds an essential layer of anonymity to your online activity to protect against 'Blockchain Analysis.'".
The shutdown was reportedly announced both on the homepage of the dark web website and on the BitcoinTalk Forums on Monday.
At press time, while the Tor mirror is currently inaccessible, the clearnet website is still online.
As Cointelegraph recently reported, Dutch, Luxembourg authorities and Europol shut down one of the three largest cryptocurrency tumblers, BestMixer, after an investigation found a number of coins from the mixer were used in money laundering.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed shortly after the shutdown the possibility of creating an on-chain smart contract-based ether mixer.
Bitcoin Blender Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Shuts Itself Down
Published on May 31, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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