MultiSig OPSEC shower thought

Recently, a new market has been created (Minerva), the original post from the admin tells us that it uses MultiSig because it is safer than using a centralized escrow system, in terms of avoiding getting scammed by the vendor or market, but I was thinking, isn´t this an OPSEC threat for the vendor?

When you use MultiSig you can see where the coins went after buying, so if LE buys something on the market they can know where they went. I know vendors tumble coins and that they don´t cash out directly from that wallet. I am not an expert in blockchain analysis, I am still trying to fully understand how it works, but I think that if an expert compares volumes, the coins could be traced.

Also if everything of the above is right, can this be beaten if a vendor puts the withdrawal address of a tumbler like bitcoinfog?


Comments


[1 Points] Invictus-Animus:

Most vendors own addresses that have no connection to their identity. So whenever they want to cashout, they'll first tumble the bitcoins from their "ghost" address to [multiple Electrum addresses (varies vendor to vendor) and then to] an exchange, so they're relatively safe by doing that. You're right that experts could trace the bitcoins if they sent in one heaping transaction or even multiple transactions to one wallet, but with multiple Electrum wallets across say, 3 exchanges, they are very unlikely to be caught.


[1 Points] None:

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