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Wouldn't sending a transaction directly to the miner be more reliable then trying to hide it in the fee? If the goal is to hide your money in the high volume of BTC that a big name miner processes per day, why not just send it straight to their wallet?

From an investigators perspective there is no difference between the two scenarios.

1. Miner A has received 500 BTC from Suspect B over the past year and may be laundering it.

2. Miner A has processed 500 BTC in transaction fees from Suspect B over the past year and may be laundering it.




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