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mixer

mixer

9.2
An online service that hides who sent and received digital money
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪksər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : mezclador de criptomonedas
  • Using a reputable mixer can help protect your financial information when trading digital currencies.

Examples

  • Investigators traced funds, but the suspect used a mixer to anonymize the crypto transactions.

  • Some exchanges refuse deposits that have passed through a known mixer because of money-laundering risks.

  • Privacy advocates argue a mixer can protect legitimate users from surveillance while critics warn of abuse.

  • The mixer anonymizes cryptocurrency transactions.

  • Many people use a mixer for better privacy.

  • The online mixer allows users to enhance their privacy by obscuring their cryptocurrency transactions.

  • Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts rely on a mixer to make their transaction history harder to trace.

Compounds

A kitchen machine that mixes food ingredients using electricity, like cake batter or cream

4 3.5

A machine with a large rotating drum that makes concrete from cement, sand, and water

3 3.4

Electric machine with a bowl that beats and kneads dough

1 2.8

A small tool you hold to mix and beat food such as batter and cream

concrete mixer
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A machine with a large rotating drum that mixes cement, sand, gravel, and water to make building material

A machine with a metal bowl and paddles that blends meat when making sausages

race mixer
  • Archaic
8.5

An event where people from different races meet to talk and make friends

planetary mixer
  • Specialized
6.8

A machine with a fixed bowl and a moving arm that mixes dough and batter

How Private

mixer
  • NSFW
9.2
Taproot
  • Specialized
9.8

Surface Forms

mixer singular
mixers plural

Morphology

mixer = mix (transparent) = mix + er

The service is named for its function of 'mixing' transactions; the morphological link to 'mix' + '-er' is clear.

Etymology

Mixer comes from the root mix, from an old Latin word miscere meaning 'to mix'. In cryptocurrency a mixer is a service that mixes transactions to hide links between senders and receivers, so the name explains that it 'mixes' money flows to make them hard to follow.