Laundromat

Ethereum based mixing service using ring signatures to anonymize participants.

More info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KtAn_gMATO2D2WLDPQdtS2IcmTZDUorFmfIlZm64-Ys

Usage:

• Run your local geth node with RPC enabled for your localhost:

  geth.exe --rpc --rpcport "8545" --rpcaddr="localhost" --rpccorsdomain "*"
  

  Make sure it is only accessible from your local network!

• Open app/index.html to access the Laundromat UI.

• Check the desired mixing contract status:

  • enter the contract address into Query Status->Contract Address eg 0x401e28717a6a35a50938bc7f290f2678fc0a2816
  • Click the Status button

• If there are available seats, you can join the mixing (Got participants is less than Participants limit). You will then have Payment (ETH) Ether deducted from your account for the mixing.

Join the mixing contract

• Enter the contract address into Deposit->To contract eg 0x401e28717a6a35a50938bc7f290f2678fc0a2816
• Enter your Ethereum account (you will need to unlock it, check available accounts with geth account list command) eg 0x4460f4c8edbca96f9db17ef95aaf329eddaeac29
• Generate private key with Private key->Generate
• Write down the private key -- your coins will be lost if you lose your private key
• Enter your private key into Deposit->Private key eg 24883375667666319798130594789127643442423595702572623965227685575198986951784
• Unlock your account:

  > geth attach personal.unlockAccount('your_account',"your_password") eg
  > personal.unlockAccount('0x401e28717a6a35a50938bc7f290f2678fc0a2816',"password")
  

• Click the Deposit button

Withdraw from the mixing contract

• When all participants are in, you can withdraw your money.

• To withdraw:

  • Check Got participants is equal to Participants limit
  • Generate new Ethereum account (with geth account new) eg 0xeb5fa6cbf2aca03a0df228f2df67229e2d3bd01e and top up it with small amount of Ether (up to 0.01 Ether)
  • Make sure this account is not related to your primary account in any way;
  • Enter the contract address into Deposit->To contract eg 0x401e28717a6a35a50938bc7f290f2678fc0a2816 as above
  • Enter your new Ethereum account, eg 0xeb5fa6cbf2aca03a0df228f2df67229e2d3bd01e
  • Enter your private key eg 24883375667666319798130594789127643442423595702572623965227685575198986951784
  • Click the Withdraw button

• The withdrawal process can take some time and a large amount of gas.

• The withdrawal process requires all of the following transactions:

  • 1 transaction to start withdrawal,
  • 1 transaction for each participant,
  • 1 transaction to finish the withdrawal.

• If the withdrawal is stuck at some point, you can check block explorer to see how many steps are left, and click Withdraw Step button to advance withdrawal further.

• If all steps are there, but the Finalize transaction is missing, you can click Withdraw Finalize to finish the withdrawal.

New mixing contract

• A new mixing contract can be created from any account. You only need to set participants limit and payment from each participant, unlock your account and click the Create button.