Bitcoin Q&A: Blacklists, taint, and wallet fingerprinting

Would companies try to blacklist coins that have been mixed with CoinJoin? What is taint? What is wallet fingerprinting?

This question is from the May monthly subscriber session, which took place on May 25th 2019. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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