# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-01-21 15:26:00
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2893.msg40163#msg40163

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 @p{brk}
Yes, after posting I realized that self-mixing creates a mostly-self-connected sub-graph.  You really need to start with multiple transactions in, ideally randomly occuring during the mixing process, and not spend all your bitcoins at once. @p{par}

Somebody who knows a lot more about graph theory, statistics, and probability than I do should chime in and tell me how I'm wrong or come up with a good metric for the ideal amount of mixing (I bet too much is just as bad as too little).  Analyzing the connectedness of the existing bitcoin transaction graph might be a good place to start. @p{brk}