Why do you guys trust tumblers?

Not why do you use them; why do you trust them? I remember reading a post here along the lines of if your OPSEC is tight, it really shouldn't matter if a market you use is a honeypot. I can see the sense in that. It seems weird though, that so many people are happy to trust unknown third parties with something they consider potentially incriminating. Am I missing something?


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[7 Points] None:

The same reason why they trust anonymous drug dealers on the internet.


[7 Points] impost_r:

I don't know why anyone would use a tumbler if they are concerned with OPSEC.


[3 Points] AgoraMarket:

why do you trust them?

I don't. Moreover, there are various ways coins can be tumbled without the use of a tumbler and their 3% fee. Think dummy accounts on bitcoin-related sites.

Even without the dummy accounts, coins can be sent to different wallets 2 or 3 hops away on one's own, to maintain plausible deniability. I'll repeat what I've said many times: the notion of identifying people through blockchain analysis is far-fetched nonsense.


[2 Points] Marag:

I like the fact that this thread went from btc tumblers to dietcoke! Here's a few facts for you: I sent $110 worth of btc directly to the feds AFTER SR2 was busted, from my personal identity verified btc wallet and still no sign of investigation and if I want to quench my thirst, NOTHING is better than mineral water..........


[2 Points] guest20253:

You shouldn't be trusting tumblers, you shouldn't be trusting anyone on DNMs. But people are lazy and they imagine that this 'tumbling' service makes them compeletely unrelated to the purchases they make later on.

It's like diet coke. Why do you think all americans drink that one instead of regular one? It doesn't make them fit for sure, it's just believing that it does. Same goes for tumbling. You never know who might be collecting logs of all transactions. So you might be feeling safe today, but one day it might all be traced back to you.