Taint is the concept that certain bitcoin are riskier or less acceptable because of their previous owners or possible links to criminal activity.
Taint is the concept that certain bitcoin are riskier or less acceptable because of their previous owners or possible links to criminal activity. This concept is used and advanced by chain analysis companies. The concept of taint has harmful effects for Bitcoin, which is supposed to be fungible, meaning that every bitcoin is worth the same as every other bitcoin. Taint is based on chain analysis heuristics, and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
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