Yes, there was a temporary problem but later after clearing everything and trying again, it worked properly. You have given a good suggestion here which I did not consider before. VPN is generally used occasionally but the most secure option is to use TOR. Although I do not use TOR that much because I never really had such a need, from now on I will definitely try to use TOR for my own privacy.

While using TOR, even if the internet speed is good, it works slowly when entering websites in the browser. But if VPN+TOR+POOR NET are used together at the same time then while entering the browser it will keep loading until it finally (time out).

Using multiple solutions at the same time is not always an improvement over strictly using one solution however.  In many situations, it only complicates and actually creates loop holes and flaws.

For example.  Using VPN and Tor at the same time will be a big disadvantage because of time stamps correlation.  Anyway.  The only reason I would see someone using VPN before Tor is to hide that they are using Tor from their ISP, but there is the bridge option particularly for that situation.  And it would be a really bad 'second layer of protection' because it does not really protect you from any thing.  In fact it makes more problems.  Your Tor traffic now going through a VPN which is REALLY bad.

Whonix has a great article about the risks of combining VPN and Tor (https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tunnels/Introduction).  I am pretty sure Tor Project had one or at least a statement at some point but I can not find it right now.

From the Whonix article,

Yes, some sites have registration restrictions when using (Tor), so for the sites that cannot be accessed using (Tor), it can be an alternative to check whether they can be used with a good (Vpn)

The steps you use to protect your own privacy are correct because maintaining our privacy is better, and that is better done by using (Vpn) and (Tor). Although most of the time I use (Vpn). However, if the internet is good, then using both (Vpn) and (Tor) is a personal matter for each person, but using both together keeps us more secure from the privacy point of view.

According to the second screenshot posted by Etranger, b1exch initially stated that the client would receive approximately 0.32570179 SOL.

It is understandable that this rate could have changed between the time the order was created and the time b1exch received LTC. And it did change: in the third screenshot, we can see that once the transaction had appeared on the Litecoin blockchain but had not yet received the required number of confirmations, b1exch was already showing a higher amount to be received: 0.32687153 SOL.

However, in the fourth screenshot, we can see that the final amount was lower than both the first and the second figures: 0.32534800 SOL.

It is unfortunate that Etranger did not take a screenshot after b1exch had completed the exchange but before the funds reached the client, because, in my experience, the rate may change once again at that stage.

When I made an exchange, b1exch initially showed that it was sending me one amount, but once the transaction was completed, that amount was changed to the amount I actually received.

Have other users noticed the amount changing at the final stage, after the exchange stage has been completed and during the sending stage?

At what point can the rate displayed on the website actually be considered final? Is it really only final after the funds have been received? What causes the amount to change at the sending stage?

Using VPN + tor actually hurts  your privacy. You shouldn't do that.

Tor works for privacy because everyone using tor looks the same. If you use VPN + tor you become unique , using alone a complex and different setup. It makes you stand out.


https://support.torproject.org/tor-browser/general/vpn-with-tor/

Using VPN + Tor isn't a bad idea for enhancing privacy but it should be done in the best way possible. A user will have to subscribe to a VPN service that doesn't keep logs of the user and then such user can connect to VPN first and after that connect to Tor.

It's not going to be easy to trace someone who uses a secure VPN + Tor even if an attackers somehow finds a bug in Tor the user can still be somehow safe as the attacker won't see the original IP address of the user but see the IP address given by the VPN service.

People, simply use Tor, use the Onion link when exchanging on b1exch and you are good.  Use a VPN to watch a Netflix show that is not available in your country and such purposes.  If Tor and VPN would have offered any increase in Privacy and security, I am guessing Tor would have offered a VPN feature on the Tor Browser as well.  And Tails too, and Whonix.  But they do not for a reason and I can only assume they know better.

Let's say they just block every address from a list connected to this hack. Can't the hackers just move the coins around, Coinjoin here and there, and swap from a different set of addresses? Or is b1exch going to screen every address and maybe even do a KYC check if anything bad is detected?

My point is: Sometimes you start controlling which coins are good and you won't just stop there.

Tor only suggest normal users to not use a VPN because they mostly use the public VPN's that keep logs of the users. The ones who're technically good and who might use privacy VPN service may not face any issue by combining both. But, I agree it's better to use Tor directly as that won't cause any issue either and speed will be better if Tor is connected directly instead of connecting to VPN first. I know some  people who use services like B1exch or other instant exchanges directly via their IP addresses but I think the better approach is to use Tor to enhance privacy.

I doubt that the heavily tracked coins will be sent to such swap services. I think it's unlikely that the thieves of such a massive amount would trust it to a service that gains full control over the cryptocurrency, even if only during the swap. For the thieves, the fact that b1eXch doesn’t collect user data shouldn’t be as important as the fact that b1eXch itself will have the technical capability to steal all those funds. If I were them, I would clean such a haul using atomic swaps.