<p>AFAIK Coinbase looks for a five hops before / after incoming / outgoing TX. So adding extra hops will be enough for now. It can be automated with <a href="https://samouraiwallet.com/features/ricochet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Samourai Wallet's Ricochet</a> or <a href="https://github.com/kristapsk/bitcoin-scripts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">my scripts for bitcoin-qt</a>.</p>

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2018-08-28T16:39:15.570Z
If everyone knows that coinbase analyzes 5 hops. Why can't they just detect this 5 hop pattern to see all the people using the samourai wallet?
Patoshi パトシ
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2018-09-07T15:50:38.710Z
Samourai Wallet's ricochet send is detectable, as it sends some small amount of BTC to Samourai Wallet's donation address. But there are other ways to do multi-hop send on blockchain too, as I mentioned.

Most important thing - it is asymmetric attack on blockchain analysis. Sender's costs are relatively little, but analysis to fight this needs to increase number of hops they analyze, and do that for all transactions, not single one.
Kristaps Kaupe
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2018-08-28T10:41:19.263Z
2018-08-28T10:41:19.263Z
Kristaps Kaupe
<p>Wasabi is a new type of wallet with a built in tumbler if I'm correct. What stops someone from tainting the tumbling pool of coins with non-approved coins? I'm weary of using these privacy tools as I don't want my coinbase account frozen just because someone mixed a bad coin in the lot. </p>

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What prevents someone from tainting the coin tumbling pool of the Wasabi wallet?
Patoshi パトシ
# What prevents someone from tainting the coin tumbling pool of the Wasabi wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-02)

Wasabi is a new type of wallet with a built in tumbler if I'm correct. What stops someone from tainting the tumbling pool of coins with non-approved coins? I'm weary of using these privacy tools as I don't want my coinbase account frozen just because someone mixed a bad coin in the lot.

**Tags:** coinbase.com, mixing, taint-analysis, wasabi-wallet


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-28. Score: 1

AFAIK Coinbase looks for a five hops before / after incoming / outgoing TX. So adding extra hops will be enough for now. It can be automated with [Samourai Wallet's Ricochet](https://samouraiwallet.com/features/ricochet) or [my scripts for bitcoin-qt](https://github.com/kristapsk/bitcoin-scripts).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: If everyone knows that coinbase analyzes 5 hops. Why can't they just detect this 5 hop pattern to see all the people using the samourai wallet?  
> **username_1**: Samourai Wallet's ricochet send is detectable, as it sends some small amount of BTC to Samourai Wallet's donation address. But there are other ways to do multi-hop send on blockchain too, as I mentioned.  Most important thing - it is asymmetric attack on blockchain analysis. Sender's costs are relatively little, but analysis to fight this needs to increase number of hops they analyze, and do that for all transactions, not single one.  

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