Bitcoin regardless of how anonymous people believe it to be, leaves a trail to follow wherever it goes, a digital footprint which shows to whom or where any particular Bitcoin transaction is going; and that’s where a Bitcoin mixer comes to your rescue.
Bitcoin is anonymous, yes, but to what extent? Most Bitcoin exchanges and other buying platforms now require you to provide proof of identity before you can purchase Bitcoins. (With some exceptions).
Additionally, every single Bitcoin transaction is recorded on the Blockchain, which is the Bitcoin ledger and is publicly visible so when you purchase Bitcoins and transfer them to other addresses/wallets, these transfers are completely visible and transparent.
Hence who buys Bitcoins, and where are the Bitcoins sent is no secret. That’s where the Bitcoin laundry services we’re talking about come in handy.
What is a Bitcoin Mixer?
As the name may have already suggested, a Bitcoin mixer or Bitcoin tumbler as it’s commonly called “mixes” your Bitcoins in a pool of random coins, and then sends you a clean set of coins.
That’s the reason Bitcoin mixers are also called Bitcoin laundry services, they help you break the link between your initial purchase/acquisition to the final destination where the coins are sent.
Here’s how they function- You buy Bitcoins from source A, send the Bitcoins to a Bitcoin mixer, the mixer adds your Bitcoins to its own reserve, and sends you a fresh set of Bitcoins from its own reserve which have no link to your previous transactions.
Also, the fresh coins you receive are created by mixing many different parts of other Bitcoins from many different transactions together and hence not only the fresh set of coins can’t be linked to you, but they also can’t be linked to anyone or any transaction.
Another use of a Bitcoin mixing service is that it lets you send Bitcoins from one address to many addresses at once, in a single click.
How do we choose these Bitcoin Mixers?
There are over a couple of hundred Bitcoin laundry sites in the industry, so how do we make our pick and label one as better than the other and why should you trust our listing? Well, we consider the following factors to judge these Bitcoin mixers:
- Level of anonymity: How anonymous and privacy-respecting the platform is.
- Reputation: A Company’s already established reputation and trust.
- Fee: The amount of fee required (if any) for mixes and the users’ control, or the lack of it on the fee.
- of Additional Addresses: These are the number of addresses you can set for your Bitcoins to be received at, your coins are not sent to one address but are broken down and sent separately to each specified address further fortifying your anonymity.
- Advanced features: Support for advanced features such as Delayed output, mixing code etc. The delayed output is the feature which lets you receive your Bitcoins not instantly, but after a time gap which you can set, this again is a feature which de-links your input of the coins, and their output.
- Minimum/Maximum amounts: Any mixer which requires a very high minimum deposit in order to mix your coins won’t probably be a good option, which we do consider while selecting these.
- Confirmation Required: The number of confirmations required by the platform before they mix your coins, the lower this is the faster the overall process will be.
- No Logs Policy: If the Bitcoin mixer keeps logs, and if it does then for how long.
I believe that covers nearly every feature a Bitcoin mixer may comprise of, or we need concern ourselves with isn’t it?
Note that no platform is absolutely the best, meaning the #1 Bitcoin mixer on this list may certainly be better than the others, but the ones at later positions too may have edges which the #1 mixer lacks, so make sure you go through each one of them before making your pick.
SmartMix Bitcoin Mixer
Website: https://smartmix.io/
Onion link: http://smartmixnjmuoixj.onion
Full Review you can read here
- User Experience Rating – 5/5
- Transaction Fee – 0.5% + 0.0001BTC/extra Address
- Minimum Deposit – 0.001 BTC
- Fee Control – No
- Additional Addresses – 5 Support
- Confirmations Required – Between 5 and 24.
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – No
SmartMix could very well be the first choice when it comes to a trustworthy Bitcoin mixer pertaining to its privacy policies and all other happy features.
For starters, its user interface is clean too but differs from other mixers in the sense that unlike having all the options and settings on one page, it brings them up one after another on the next screens.
It too doesn’t need registration or any personal identity proof documents in order to mix your Bitcoins.
The one feature it seems to miss is user-controlled time-delays, it basically has two modes, the “Fast” and the “Delayed”, on the fast mode outputs are processed when your transaction has 2 confirmations which are acceptable.
Then there is the delayed mode, which processes payments after your transaction has between 5-24 confirmations (it varies for every transaction), the problem is this delay isn’t controlled by “hours” or by the users and rather is dependent upon the confirmations.
It supports a total of 5 additional address, which isn’t as many as supported by CryptoMixer or Blender.io but in most cases, it’s enough. Although again, the delay for each of these addresses can’t be specified by the users and is automated, there is a delay all the same and you get to set the percentage distribution as well.
The minimum amount which can be sent to Smartmix Bitcoin mixer for mixing is 0.001BTC (the same as Blender.io or Cryptomixer) while the maximum varies but in my personal experience has never been less than 15BTC.
It too offers a Mixing key just like the two other platforms we talked about and this key can be used to check the status of your mix at a later time, or to get in touch with the support team, as there’s no registration involved this key proves your ownership to the coins.
The fee required is 0.5% (fixed) along with an additional 0.0001BTC/address which I must mention is 0.0004BTC less than what Cryptomixer charges/address.
Finally, it has a 7-day no-log policy, meaning logs are indeed kept which include nothing personal but the transaction details and are auto-removed permanently after 7days.
So, in a nutshell, Smartmix.io has all the features such as Additional addresses and time-delays, but it just doesn’t let the users control or specify them, which can be looked at from another perspective of making it simpler for the users, where users don’t have to worry about anything else apart from sending in Bitcoins and getting them cleaned.
Bitcoin Laundry Bitcoin Mixer
Website: https://bitcoin-laundry.com/
Onion link: http://btcdryi67te57itq.onion
If you need a Bitcoin mixer with low deposit limits, acceptable fee, user-control on Percentage distribution and extensive additional address support, Bitcoin Laundry is something you should take a peek at.
It lets users clean as low as 0.0005BTC and the highest I’ve ever seen was 40+BTC which establishes their large-enough BTC reserves. Every set of unclean coins can be sent out to as many as 10 additional addresses for an extra 0.00008BTC/address. Complete user-control is granted for percentage distribution.
The fee to is just 0.1% of the total transaction, although it’s stable and not random or user-controlled. Users get to set time-delays for their transactions as well, with the instant transactions requiring just 1-2 confirmations, while delayed requirements may range from 5-25 confirmations.
Boasts a no-logs policy after a 7-day retention period, or lets users manually delete logs whenever they wish to in just a single click.
AnonyMix Bitcoin Mixer
Website: https://anonymix.io/
Onion Link: http://anonymixtnq67qer.onion
Review: View here
- User Experience Rating – 4/5
- Transaction Fee – 0.3%+ 0.0001BTC/address.
- Minimum Deposit – 0.002 BTC
- Additional Addresses – 10
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – No
- Time Delays – Yes
- User-Controlled Fund-Distribution– Yes
Anonymix doesn’t need registrations, and the User-Interface at Anonymix is one of the simplest we’ve ever seen. This is what the primary dashboard looks like:
Simply enter the values and making a deposit is all that’s required to mix the coins. It also is one of the most control-offering mixers in the industry.
For starters, users get to add as many as 10 output addresses. This is parallel with what most mixers on this list are offering (after all these are the best, aren’t they?).
Then, the time-delays are completely user-controlled. The customers get to choose time-delays for every single output address which isn’t very common even with the Best Bitcoin mixers.
Additionally, what % of the total funds should be sent to each individual address too is completely user-controlled on Anonymix. This isn’t a very common feature either and most other mixers set this randomly from their end.
Its logs policy is probably the most unique on this entire list. Not because it retains the logs only for 7 days and then permanently deletes them. But because users get the choice of deleting the logs at any time even before the 7-day automatic deletion-period. In other words, users get control over the logs policy.
Is it expensive? Not in our personal opinion. It charges only a 0.3% on all transaction, while an additional 0.0001 BTC fee is charged for additional addresses.
The minimum amount of funds which can be mixed is 0.002 BTC, although mixes as large as 100 BTC are supported. An acceptable payment-window of 120 minutes is provided. A certificate of origin is provided as well.
SmartMixer.io [ Scam Warning on Bitcointalk ]
Website: https://smartmixer.io/
Tor Link: http://smrtmxdxognxhv64.onion/
Warning: The announcement thread of the SmartMixer on Bitcointalk is marked as “High Risk”. It is recommended that you should read the relevant section. Some users are claiming that they got scammed with the tool. We do not verify such claims this is only for informational purpose of our readers.
One of the most user-controlled and absolutely the maximum-currency supporting mixer till date. Users control the exact fee, the time-delays (even for each individual address) and the fund-distribution to each address.
As far as currencies go, it allows the mixing of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and also is soon set to start accepting Ethereum.
The Interface is outright the best I’ve ever seen. It’s completely colour-coded, and sliders make controlling every aspect of the mix extremely easy.
The fee has a minimum of 1% and a maximum 5% limit. 8 additional addresses/mix are supported. Each additional address, for any currency, has its own price. 0.00045529 BTC, 0.01072904 LTC, and 0.00273174 BCH are the prices for each coin respectively.
An Advanced 3-pool coin reserve offers extreme anonymity when it comes to the new, clean coins each user receives. Also offers “SmartCode” which acts both as to its “Mixing ID” and “discount coupon” for returning customers.
No registration of any kind required. No personal information ever asked. Logs are kept for 24 hours, although can be deleted manually earlier. Also offers Tor access for added anonymity. Has a low minimum-deposit requirement, equivalent to 0.001 BTC for Bitcoin
BMC Mixing
Website: http://bmcmix4soyfddcvqone5nj6za3ezil3rlbdcndlzr6ajlvux4p4sdzyd.onion
- User Experience Rating – 5/5
- Transaction Fee – 1-4%
- Minimum Withdrawal – 0.00045 BTC
- Minimum Deposit – 0.0018 BTC
- Additional Addresses – 10
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – Optional
Need to mix Bitcoins and/or Monero? BMC Mixing offers exactly that. Registration is available, yet not mandatory. The platform offers “quick mixes” which don’t require registrations.
It doesn’t keep any logs whatsoever. It’s probably the only mixer we’ve ever crossed paths with which lets users deposit funds to more than one addresses. This splits not just your outputs but also inputs into as many as 5 parts.
Its “currency convertor” technique is unique as well, we can convert our coins to Monero, and then back to clean Bitcoins. This breaks the link between our old and new coins twice.
The fee is randomized between 1 and 4%. The Network fee is completely user-controlled and can be set between 2-8 (2 being the slowest, 8 being the fastest).
A total of 10 output addresses/mix are allowed, this is the highest number of allowed addresses we’ve seen so far.
Is completely transparent and lets users check their mix status, unconfirmed/confirmed funds, as well as the number of confirmations received so far.
Does let users select the maximum time-delay threshold for the total output. The minimum withdrawal limit is pretty affordable, being just 0.00045 BTC. The minimum deposit limit currently is 0.0018 BTC.
Blender.io
Website: https://blender.io/
Onion Link: http://blenderiocpxfema.onion
- User Experience Rating – 5/5
- Transaction Fee – 0.5% to 2.5% + 0.0001 BTC/extra Address
- Minimum Deposit – 0.001 BTC
- Customizable Fee – Yes
- Additional Addresses – 8 Support
- Confirmations Required – 3 Confirmation
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Max Time Delay – 24 Hours
- Registration Required – No
The reason I’ve selected Blender.io at the #3 position is because of three primary reasons, the first being its user-controlled fee, secondly additional addresses and third its commendable speed of processing transactions.
Although starting with the user experience, it’s one of the cleanest user interfaces I’ve ever seen, it’s spacious, has all the right buttons at the right places and is easy to understand.
It doesn’t need any registration or any other personal information which is a great privacy-relief. All that’s required compulsorily is the receiver’s Bitcoin address.
Although optionally, it lets you add additional addresses as well, this again is something which gives it somewhat of an edge because unlike other platforms which offer not more than 5 addresses at best, Blender.io offers as many as 8.
The time-delay feature too is present, and has been maxed out, meaning it lets you set as many as 24 time-delays, one for each hour from 1 hour, to 24; while other platforms again do not offer as many delays.
The fee as mentioned earlier is user-controlled, meaning users can decide the amount of fee they wish to pay, although the lowest fee is 0.5% while the highest you can pay is 2.5%.
Apart from this, there’s also a 0.0001 BTC fee / additional address that you use, which in my experience is as cheap as it gets with any platform I’ve ever used.
It needs 3 confirmations before your coins are mixed. As for the minimum amount, you need to mix at least 0.001 BTC and there’s no specific maximum amount rather it depends on the Bitcoin reserve of Blender.io at the time of your mixing.
It also has the “mixing code” feature which provides you with a code, a kind of proof or link to your sent coins to be mixed, so that the next time you send other coins, you don’t get your own coins sent earlier as the output.
And finally, they have a strict No-logs policy, meaning they do not store any logs, for any duration of time which is the ultimate privacy assurance that any of us needs.
CryptoMixer.io
Website: https://cryptomixer.io/
Onion link: http://cryptomixns23scr.onion
- User Experience Rating – 4/5
- Transaction Fee – 0.5% to 3% + 0.0005BTC/extra Address
- Minimum Deposit – 0.001 BTC
- Fee Control – YES
- Additional Addresses – 10 Support
- Confirmations Required – 1 Confirmation
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – No
Cryptomixer markets itself as the “High Volume Bitcoin Mixer” and even though most of its other features are nothing superfluous and are at par with other mixers, there aren’t many rivals able to beat its volume.
Again starting with the user interface, it’s in many regards as clean and easy to use as Blender.io; although it uses “text-links” unlike the drag-down menus of Blender.io which may not be as clean as the latter.
Also, it seems to use quite a few “sliders” to adjust the fee and other settings which look and feel cool, but I’d still prefer the simplistic drag-downs, although that’s a completely personal perspective.
It too is a privacy-respecting Bitcoin mixer and doesn’t need any login or registration for you to mix your coins. The Bitcoin address where you wish to receive your coins is all that’s needed.
Additional Addresses are where it beats nearly all other Bitcoin mixers on this list, it allows for as many as 10 additional addresses for each mix, which is the most number of addresses that I’ve ever seen a Bitcoin mixing service support.
It does offer time-delays, and it’s set using sliders which aren’t as user-friendly as that of Blender.io but they do get the job done.
Again, “Percentage distribution slider” allows you to set the percentage of your total coins to be sent to any specific address so you control which address receives how much of your total funds.
The service fee too is user-controlled, and can be changed using sliders (they do love sliders, don’t they?) Alike Blender.io their minimum fee too which can be paid is 0.5% while the highest being 3% with an additional 0.0005 BTC/address.
The fee/extra address is slightly higher than what Blender.io or most other platforms charge. Although it does have this additional “Discount” feature for the fee which keeps reducing your fee for next mixes as you go on mixing higher and higher amounts regularly.
It too provides for a “Cryptomixer code” (Mixing key) which prevents you from receiving your own coins for future transactions, and this code is what gets you the fee discount we just talked about.
When it comes to confirmations too they’re more accommodating than their competitors and need only 1 confirmation for your Bitcoins to be mixed! Although the confirmation slightly varies for larger amounts, for e.g. 25+ BTC need 3 confirmations, 250+ BTC need 4 and 1000 BTC needs 5 confirmations.
As for the minimum mixing limit, it’s set at 0.001 BTC while there’s no preset maximum limit and considering their tagline and previous proofs of owning over 2000 BTC I’d say they’re pretty loaded and can mix quite huge volumes.
Their “Letter of Guarantee” is an exclusive feature which helps you verify the deposit addresses generated to be legit.
And finally, they too have a no-logs policy although some logs are retained initially, but wiped out completely at preset routines.
PrivCoin
Website: https://www.privcoin.io
Onion Link: http://tr5ods7ncr6eznny.onion
- User Experience Rating – 4/5
- Transaction Fee – 08% + 0.0005 BTC/Address
- Minimum Deposit – 0.005 BTC
- Fee Control – Yes
- Additional Addresses – 10 Support
- Confirmations Required – 1 Confirmation
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – No
Privcoin is the Bitcoin mixer known for its multicurrency support, meaning it not only is a Bitcoin mixer but also cleans Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.
Its user interface resembles quite a bit with that of Cryptomixer’s, it too employs sliders to let you control various aspects of the process, overall it’s easy enough too with all the options being listed on a single screen.
Again, no registration required in order to start mixing your coins so yes it’s anonymous and privacy-respecting.
It does let us add up to 10 additional addresses which again is the same as what Cryptomixer is offering, and is more than Blender.io and Smartmix.
The distribution percentage is user-controlled and you get to set the percentage of total funds you want on each of your addresses using sliders.
The fee is user-controlled, although the lowest possible fee is 0.8% which is 0.3% more than the least fee possible with Blender.io or Cryptomix. In addition to this 0.8% fixed fee, there also is an additional 0.0005BTC fee per extra address.
The minimum Bitcoin deposit limit for Privcoin Bitcoin mixer is 0.005BTC which again is more than what any of the above three platforms demanded, while there’s no specific maximum limit and depends on its BTC reserves at the time of your mixing the coins.
It needs just 1 confirmation for transactions lower than 5BTC, while 3 confirmations are required for transactions between 5-25BTC. For 50 or less BTC it’s 5confirmations and 50BTC+ transactions need 9 confirmations.
Advanced features such as time-delay and Mixing code are available as well which further increase your anonymity and prevent further confusions.
It also provides a “Letter of Guarantee” just like Cryptomixer which is a proof of their obligations so that they can’t deny or refuse you payments once you send in your coins.
And finally, it has a strict no-logs policy and doesn’t keep any logs which can be personally identified to you, although for the first 24 hours it does store the incoming address which was generated for you, the percentage and output addresses and payment proof which is important for the transaction to go through smoothly.
After 24 hours all of this is deleted and absolutely no logs related to the transactions exist.
So Privcoin resembles the other mixers we’ve talked about so far, except the fact that it requires a slightly higher fee than the others and has higher minimum deposit requirements.
BitBlender
Website: https://bitblender.io/
Onion Link: http://bitblendervrfkzr.onion
- User Experience Rating – 3/5
- Transaction Fee – 1% to 3% Random
- Minimum Deposit – 0.01 BTC
- Fee Control – Partial
- Additional Addresses – 10 Support
- Confirmations Required – N/A
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – Optional.
BitBlender is a pretty basic, simple-looking Bitcoin mixer, it also is an “onion-only” mixer meaning its Clearnet URL is only for information and queries, to actually initiate a mixing process you’ll need to use the Tor version of the site.
It also is the only Bitcoin mixer on this list which optionally lets you “Register” (without the requirement of any personal information) to mix your Bitcoins, although it also provides for a “Quick mix” mode which doesn’t need any registration.
Although if registered, you can reap benefits of advanced features such as 2 Factor authentication using PGP, and manual withdrawals.
There isn’t much of an user-interface, it’s more like filling up a form, you enter the address(s) where you wish to receive your cleaned coins, set the delays by manually typing the number of hours and done.
As for the additional address, it lets us add as many as 10 of them, although users don’t get to control the percentage of funds being sent to individual addresses and they’re instead set randomly by Bitblender.
It does support time-delays, but it’s not specific meaning you set the delays between X and Y hours from your end, but you don’t get to select the exact delay and your coins are sent between the X and Y delays set by you.
The fee is randomized between 1 -3% automatically and isn’t user-controlled and the minimum deposit limit is 0.01BTC anything less than this is considered a donation.
Mixing code too is available so you can prove your deposits at a later time if required. Again, it does keep partial logs such as deposit address and transaction amount etc. in order to provide support up to 10 days, after which all logs are permanently deleted.
So in a nutshell, it does provide for user-control but only partially in the case of user addresses, percentage distribution as well as time-delays.
Bitcoin Fog
Website: http://bitcoinfog.info/
Onion Link: http://foggedd3mc4dr2o2.onion
- User Experience Rating – 2/5
- Transaction Fee – 1% to 3%
- Minimum Deposit – 0.01 BTC
- Fee Control – Partial
- Additional Addresses – 20 Support
- Confirmations Required – 1 Confirmation
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – Mandatory
Bitcoin Fog too alike BitBlender is a platform which has both a clearnet and an onion version but the coins can only be mixed on the onion version.
The one major drawback with Bitcoin Fog is that it can’t be used without registration, although it still doesn’t need any personal information, registering still is a process which demands more time and makes the process longer as compared to other non-registration platforms.
Also, it probably is the least user-control granting Bitcoin mixer, meaning you don’t get to customize the fee, percentage distribution or time-delay while all of those features are present nevertheless.
The user-interface is completely different from the other platforms we’ve talked about so far, for e.g. first you make a deposit to the Bitcoin Fog address, the Bitcoins are then reflected in your account, and then you can withdraw them manually.
Bitcoin Fog also lets you send/deposit Bitcoins to more than one addresses, meaning you don’t necessarily need to send all your money to one Bitcoin Fog address but can send to many which further increases your anonymity.
As for the network confirmations, 6 of them are needed before your coins are mixed, and for inactive accounts, it’ll need an additional 15 minute after the 6 confirmations for the transaction to be processed.
The minimum deposit limit is 0.001BTC while no maximum limit seems to be specified, as for the fee alike Bitcoin Blender it too takes a randomized fee between 1% and 3% and there doesn’t seem to be any additional fee for extra addresses.
It allows for as many as 20 additional addresses, and it lets you specify a time-bracket for the whole transaction to be spread across; which can’t be less than 6 and more than 96 hours.
Time-delay too is available and although you can’t specify a delay for each address specifically, there’s an overall delay only after which the first output transaction is processed.
They do keep logs for a week in order to be able to provide support after which all and any records are purged permanently.
Dark Web Bitcoin Mixer
Onion Link: http://mixerqpxchohuxlf.onion/
- User Experience Rating – 5/5
- Transaction Fee – 0.05%- 0.1% + 0.0005BTC
- Minimum Deposit – 0.001 BTC
- Fee Control – No (Randomized)
- Additional Addresses – No
- No Logs Policy – Yes
- Registration Required – No
Dark Web Bitcoin Mixer is arguably the simplest Bitcoin mixer ever created. It’s a 2-page, text-only website without any of those fancy sliders, percentage calculators and whatnot.
The mixer doesn’t give you control over anything except the “output address“. While it limits your control, it extremely simplifies and speeds things up.
All a user has to do is, go to the website, enter an output address, send in Bitcoins and done. Because the website doesn’t support more than 1 output addresses, you don’t have to create or manage multiple addresses.
Again it being a single-address tumbler, you don’t have to worry about distribution control either. The fee is one of the cheapest amounts being asked for in the industry. You can mix your coins for as low as 0.05% while the highest being 0.1%. The normal industry standard is 0.5%-3% hence it’s comparatively cheaper.
So even if you mix amounts as high as USD $1000, you only pay between 50 cents and 1 USD as the fee. Doesn’t get any cheaper, does it? There’s an additional 0.0005 BTC miner fee.
No registration is required either, hence no logs or identity leaks. As long as you take care of your IP address (using a VPN) there’s literally nothing which can be linked back to you. Additionally, it also features the “No logs policy” so there’s that.
It allows mixing funds as low as 0.001 BTC while higher amounts up to 100 BTC (1 Million USD at the current rate) can be mixed in a single go!
Bitcoin Mixer Overview Conclusion
So that’s a wrap folk as far as this piece on Bitcoin Mixer is concerned, I’ve listed the top 6 Bitcoin blenders in the industry brings to light their most important and defining features.
Although, you may for some reasons deem a certain Bitcoin mixer to be better than the other, if you’ve crossed paths with any such mixer do let us know in the comments section along with why you think they’re better.
