Is this the correct way of tumbling bitcoins?
1.) Purchase bitcoins on localbitcoins (windows)
2.) Send bitcoins to bitcoinfog (TAILS)
3.) Then send bitcoins to electrum wallet (TAILS)
4.) Finally, send bitcoins from electrum wallet to a market (windows)
5.) Spend bitcoins (TAILS)
At stage 4, does it matter that I'm using windows to do this? Is there a way to send bitcoins from an electrum wallet on TAILS? This is the stage I'm confused about.
Am I making any mistakes here?
Thanks for your help.
So not to get into the debate of whether tumbling is worth it or not, from this post it sounds like you want to tumble and want to better understand the steps. I don't think that many steps are required to be honest. I don't think step 3 is necessary. You should just have to do this:
Now, there was a post earlier in the week that said that Coinbase was shutting down an account b/c it was sent directly to a market. However, that market could have been a tumbler, or it could have been the market's tumbler. Anyway, it might not be a bad idea to put a wallet b/w your exchange and the tumbler. I've not heard of any problems sending coin from LBC, so its up to you but there does seem to be a warning about sending coin from Coinbase directly to a market or perhaps even a tumbler. In that case:
That would work as well. Also do research on your choice of tumbler. I know there have been issues with some tumblers. One was hacked a couple months ago I believe. I can't remember which one it was, just telling you to make sure you research your choice of tumbler, no matter which you choose. I personally use Helix and haven't had issues at all. But that's not saying your choice of tumbler is wrong, again, it boils down to research.