Free tumbling methods?

Recently I have not been doing that much tumbling. It does not really seem worth it if you are buying your coins in a way where you do not need to provide a shred of personal info. (You should never buy coins if you are required to link a personal bank account unless there is absolutely no other way.) And if it's just $100-200 you are going to be moving over to the markets, it just does not seem worth it, as the fees for tumbling sites, like Helix, are rather steep. Although, the added level of security tumbling gives you is very good, especially now with the news that bitcoin transactions are very heavily monitored by the US government. (If you want more info on this, google US bank secrecy act, and the US department of treasury. CoinBase, Circle, etc., basically any site that requires you to link all your personal info complies with this rule.)

I've been hearing a lot of buzz recently about a few easy and quick free tumbling methods, through exchanges and such that do not require any personal info and can all be accessed via Tor. (I would like to avoid listing gambling sites, as it's been recently reported that they are no longer a good option of erasing taint.) If this is the case, there is no reason I can think of as to why we should not be tumbling. Especially as this greatly reduces or eliminates the chances for any honeypot schemes, if a site like Helix or BitBlender where to every be compromised. (I do not count Bitcoin Fog as a legit method for obvious reasons.)

So if you know any quick and simple free tumbling methods, and would care to enlighten the community as to how you do it, I think it would be really cool and benefit us all if you would take a minute to list them, and perhaps briefly discuss the process so that novices can understand.

Thanks.


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[5 Points] AgoraMarket:

Free tumbling methods?

Open a new empty LocalBitcoins account. Use Tor if supremely worried.

Deposit coins in there. Wait a few hours. Withdraw them. They will come from totally different wallets. Test it with random coins to see for yourself. You may not even need the wait.

I re-iterate for the umpteenth time, though, that tumbling coins is a waste of time and money for random buyers. People are applying "vendor-level" paranoia to buying activity, which is silly. No one is even tumbling to escape the wrath of LE, which simply doesn't care about buyers; they're tumbling to escape the wrath of Coinbase and similar exchanges which frown upon using their customers using DNMs.


[2 Points] sixtoo42:

I buy coins from Circle and Coinbase because of the quickness and ease. Sure, my identity is now connected to these coins, but I can put enough space in between that and the markets in an hour or so.

I go from Circle to a Windows Electrum wallet that only connects through TOR. From there, I have multiple Electrum wallets that have only been accessed through TAILS. I transfer from windows electrum to one of the Tails wallets. If I feel like being extra cautious, I move the coin through those for a little bit. Then each wallet sends pieces to a market. All in amounts smaller than any purchase I want to make. I might be naive, but I'm almost certain that the transfer from my windows wallet to my TAILS wallets gives me enough plausible dependability to not worry.

I guess the caveat is that I only buy smaller amounts for personal use. I don't spend more than a couple hundred dollars a week or two. If you are buying enough to resell, my method might be adequate.


[2 Points] footlockervip:

Yeah 2.5% is a rip off. I know spending $25 for every $1000 made me homeless practically. Now if it was 2.49% that would be more reasonable.


[1 Points] None:

Yes, markets have tumblers built in, you can use those for free. All others cost money, but blockchain.info and grams are the cheapest I think.


[1 Points] None:

gamble


[1 Points] None:

Buy litecoin with bitcoin, sell those new litecoins for bitcoins. Done new coins!


[1 Points] ElectronicExorcist:

Well, it's not free, but the folks behind sigaint have a new tumbling service called PayShield which only takes a 1% fee. I have used it and it works as well as Helix, though with fewer 'added security' options.