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A comment on Bitcoin's fungibility graveyard. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin's fungibility graveyard by ahtihn on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:45PM (#30226481)
> Its value is essentially zero.

No it's not. It's worth a bit less than face value, but you can cash it out by swapping to other cryptos.

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Re:Bitcoin's fungibility graveyard by matheusmoreira on Saturday February 05, 2022 @04:48PM (#30226517)
And why would anyone ever accept tainted bitcoin in exchange for anything?
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Re:Bitcoin's fungibility graveyard by everfree on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:17PM (#30226817)
Because everyone's definition of taint is different, and coming up with a globally recognized universal definition of taint is logistically impossible.

To you, you might be trying to break your link with a Bitcoin mixer by wrapping those bitcoins and uniswapping them for a different asset on Ethereum.

To me, I simply went to Uniswap and bought some wrapped bitcoins, then deposited them on a traditional exchange.

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