That's assuming a BTC miner even agrees to process the transaction. Why would a ...

		tristanj on April 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $7.5B In Stolen Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack ha... That's assuming a BTC miner even agrees to process the transaction. Why would a BTC miner want to deal with the headache of tainted bitcoins? It's such a problem that Marathon Digital Holdings, a major bitcoin miner, has stated they will refuse to process transactions from tainted addresses. In the near future, I expect more mining pools to do the same.

If they were send to you, someone does process them.