WOW...You think your points are pretty much on track??? So I will break down what you said... Here is your first sentence-- First is there is no really sure way of knowing whether sending coins to an SR address can't somehow be "discovered". Ok so here you say there is no way to know if it can be discovered if you are sending coins to silk road. I am going to assume form here on out that "they" is Leo (law enforcement officer). So lets give you this one and say there is no way to tell if they can "discover it" or not. So buying btc is totally legal yet you believe you should not buy btc and send it to SR directly. And when I asked you to give your reasons you responded with this..... You did say---I don't think this question can be answered definitively. ( the question is if you should or should not send btc straight to SR) So that means that there is actually no reason at all to not send your coins directly to silk road. NONE. In fact I asked you why you believe you should not and you said this---- Your first paragraph is------That you have researched all over and can't find anything that say's they(LEO) could find out that the address belongs to Silk Road. Your second paragraph is-- why take a chance use bitfog Your third paragraph is--- that the often mentioned tumbler actually applies to withdraws. And that in a blockchain there is the amount and an address(that is your SR one) so for that reason go to your first paragraph and we know that just states that there is nothing either way! Then you end it with you are far from an expert...but your points are on track!!! You had no points at all!! NONE What points? That with all your research you cant find anything that states they can figure out your address belongs to SR and that the tumbler applies to withdraws!! That's all you said.. The crazy part is I think you actually believed you stated a case as to why you should not send your coins straight to SR. Yet in the very first paragraph you say you have researched all over the place and you could find nothing! As you know I have nothing against you.. I make a post saying it is totally ok to send coins straight to your SR address and and you came into this thread and responded that you disagree.....I asked you to tell me why and this was your answer... You said nothing. Not one thing that would give reason to not do it.  I understand better safe then sorry and I understand the concept "well it can't hurt" so take the extra step. But in this case(buying coins and sending them straight to your SR wallet) there is no chance. There is no risk. And there is no reason at all you should not just send the coins straight there. But there is an upside! Time. There have been more pos/threads made in this forum from people frustrated waiting for the confirmations to get their coin and when you read further...there is always one guy who is giving the advice that they should use bit-fog or some other washing site before sending the coins to SR And they always say it in a way like " OMG you better use bit-fog and not just send the coins straight to SR!!! Don't mess with fire" and like yourself, they in no way, shape or form have anything to back up what they are saying. NOTHING. They just "heard it". Like the crazies that say " don't check USPS tracking from tor... it will flag it!" I mean 100% total LIE and it is passed around like the game "telephone" and the people that are now passing it around have no fucking clue what they are even saying! Its worse then an urban myth! At least those have SOMETHING... this "make sure and wash your btc before you send it to SR" is 100% complete BULLSHIT! And the number one reason they can come up with is "why take the chance". People keep posting in threads they know nothing about. These threads used to be a great place for information. Now they are complete shit. All I want is to help the community be better. And one of the ways to make this shit hole come back to its glory where you could come and get truthful information is to eliminate the total bullshit. This is TOTAL BULLSHIT. These forums used to be such a great place...and now they are total shit. People just say things with no factual backing at all. They comment in post they know nothing about..just to comment. Someone will ask " has anyone used ABC for XXX?" and there will be 3 responses from people that will give their opinion and they have never used ABC or XXX. They will say things like " I tried something like it once and it fucked me up..be careful, let us know how you liked it..hey do you have .003 btc? I am short for my order today".. The other post will say " My buddy tried it and he loved it but I would never risk it. be careful" This is the type of shit that is on here now. It is sad actually. People will make threads in the completely wrong forum and they will post something they have no personal knowledge at all about..doesn't stop them! Or they will chime in and say "DONT FE" wow...good one..thanks for the insight! Thank god you are a member.