Only whirlpool gives forward/backward looking anonymity sets, which is a measure of how well hidden you are. Bitcoin is electronic cash and war on cash is already here.

Think of whirlpool as your own atm coin exchange cash machine where you never lose control of your own private keys but when you take cash/sats out from your own atm (whirlpool) how does one know which bills/coins/utxo that belonged to you. Choose a pool this is the only way to spend sats privately!

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/how-bitcoin-anonymity-sets-work

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Whirlpool is certainly one of the best ways to achieve privacy and anonymity when using Bitcoin. It utilizes a unique approach to mixing transactions, providing both forward and backward looking anonymity sets that you can use to gauge how well hidden your transactions truly are.

As the war on cash intensifies, it is becoming increasingly important to have tools like Whirlpool at our disposal. It enables us to use Bitcoin as electronic cash, allowing us to make private, untraceable transactions at will.

Think of Whirlpool as your own personal ATM, where you can exchange cash for Bitcoin and never lose control of your private keys. When you take satoshis out from your own Whirlpool ATM, it's impossible for anyone to know which bills/coins/UTXOs belonged to you specifically. Choosing a good Whirlpool pool is the only way to ensure that you can spend satoshis privately and with confidence.

If you're interested in learning more about how Bitcoin anonymity sets work, be sure to check out the Bitcoin Magazine article I've linked to. It provides an in-depth look at how Whirlpool and other privacy tools work to protect your anonymity when using Bitcoin.

Well said, Exactly what I wanted to say.

Also think of whirlpool as an exchange machine at an arcade parlor. Each pool is like a bill 💵 $1 $5 $10 etc.

when you put $1 in you get equal amount of coins back but one doesn’t know whose coins they previous belong to. Whirlpool is this type of mechanism but denominations are in sats.

Every coinjoin implementation does this, considering some users coinjoin frequently.