World’s most popular Bitcoin mixer shuts down

BitMixer, the largest Bitcoin “tumbler,” on Sunday announced an end to its operations, bringing a close to over three and a half years of mixing Bitcoins for anonymous clients. The announcement on the bitcointalk forum came in the same month that global enforcement authorities shut down darkmarkets AlphaBay and Hansa, from which many believe the largest mixing demands originate.
A “high-volume” mixing serviceBitMixer opened its doors in January 2014 promoting the idea of