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Congrats! Slick app. If I set up a watch-only wallet, is that using Electrum Server on the backend? Whom am I doxing my IP to (i.e. mempool.space)?
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Praveen Perera 6mo ago

You can connect to your own node, but we use Mempool for fiat prices, so I guess you’d be doxing your ip to them.

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atori 6mo ago 💬 1

But mempool.space won't see your addresses, just you pinging their api for fiat price.

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Praveen Perera 6mo ago 💬 3

correct

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gusto 6mo ago

Aren’t the addresses needed to fetch the utxo balance?

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gusto 6mo ago

How else does Cove know which balances to fetch?

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gusto 6mo ago 💬 1

Ah, I better understand now, your addresses are doxed unless you use a private node. Your IP is doxed no matter what for price discovery (which is reasonable).

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Praveen Perera 6mo ago

Yup that’s right, going to work on privacy options other than connecting to a private node, but for now that’s correct.