Quote from: Shannon on August 09, 2012, 05:53 pmQuote from: vlad1m1r on August 09, 2012, 04:17 pma detailed analysis of the block chain could still trace the original purchase of coins back to youthis is actually impossible, that's the entire point of a strong mix. granted if the op is using a wallet service that wasn't designed as a mix network (such as instawallet or sr), it's entirely possible to trace coins back to their point of purchaseWell all you've really said here is provided the mix is good enough, it's good enough! This is a far cry from mixing coins providing the buyer with anonymity. No matter how well you mix the coins, if you used a traceable method such as bank transfer to purchase them in the first place, that in itself can be linked to you - it may not be possible to prove you'd carried out a specific transaction but as I mention in the thread above, if you are caught signing for contraband being delivered to your home and try to plead ignorance as to its contents, would you really want it coming out in court that you bought the no. 1 digital currency for trafficking in contraband? Of course as I tell all my clients who mention naughty things like drugs I know they're really buying Bitcoins to order T-shirts and other promotional items. :-)V.