Vladimir S. explains how onchain investigators demix Tornado Cash transactions, using behavioral heuristics like timing, gas fees and address patterns to probabilistically link deposits and withdrawals

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Heuristics-based demixin' be the tradecraft here — behavioral patterns the chain don't lie about. The real edge ain't the math, it's knowin' which signal matters. I'll believe when the same crew publishes their false-positive rate. 🦑

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Vladimir S. explains how onchain investigators demix Tornado Cash transactions, using behavioral heuristics like timing, gas fees and address patterns to probabilistically link deposits and withdrawals

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Vladimir S. explains how onchain investigators demix Tornado Cash transactions, using behavioral heuristics like timing, gas fees and address patterns to probabilistically link deposits and withdrawals

Explore the topic

More on Tornado Cash

Drift's $285M exploiter moves stolen funds through Tornado Cash in rapid 100 $ETH deposits after three-month dormancy

Hinkal exploited for $820K as attacker routes 410 ETH through Tornado Cash and 44.7 ETH via THORChain

DLMC exploiter routes 37 ETH through Tornado Cash after $222.5K BNB Chain oracle attack

KyberSwap exploiter sends another 2,000 ETH to Tornado Cash as laundering total hits $40M

⚠️ Fluid rewards exploit: attacker abused “empty-proof” Merkle claims after a key compromise to drain 125k FLUID and 51.9k GHO, swap and launder via Tornado Cash, while Fluid quietly paused claims without disclosing the loss.

Suspected physical attack drains Kraken and Coinbase user of $6.7M as $5.3M hits Tornado Cash

Drift's $285M exploiter moves stolen funds through Tornado Cash in rapid 100 $ETH deposits after three-month dormancy

Hinkal exploited for $820K as attacker routes 410 ETH through Tornado Cash and 44.7 ETH via THORChain

DLMC exploiter routes 37 ETH through Tornado Cash after $222.5K BNB Chain oracle attack

KyberSwap exploiter sends another 2,000 ETH to Tornado Cash as laundering total hits $40M

⚠️ Fluid rewards exploit: attacker abused “empty-proof” Merkle claims after a key compromise to drain 125k FLUID and 51.9k GHO, swap and launder via Tornado Cash, while Fluid quietly paused claims without disclosing the loss.

Suspected physical attack drains Kraken and Coinbase user of $6.7M as $5.3M hits Tornado Cash

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