# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-01-28 00:36:12
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=241.msg42004#msg42004

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 @p{brk}
That would make an odd transaction pattern@p{--} e.g. if you started with 11 bitcoins in your wallet, you'd generate a chain of transactions that was: @p{par}

A paid B 11 bitcoins @p{brk}
B paid C 11 bitcoins @p{brk}
C paid D 11 bitcoins @p{brk}
 ... etc, every 6 hours.  That makes it obvious what you're doing (a series of exactly-11-bitcoin transactions would be extremely unlikely). @p{par}

Ideally, you want the graph of transactions involving your coins to be indistinguishable from a random sub-graph of the entire bitcoin transaction graph.  Creating lots of wallets won't help you do that; you need to mix your coins with other people's, so the mixing looks the same as just ordinary "X paid Y" transactions. @p{par}