GM #bitcoin & privacy advocates ⚡
I have a question about public Electrum servers:
If you periodically change the connected public server, say a new server for each session, is it possible for one of those servers to *gossip* and know you've been connected to other servers by retrieving bits of info from the blockchain_headers file?
any insight would be valuable!
#electrum #privacy
If you're connecting to random servers, you have other privacy issues to worry about.
GM, could you elaborate please? (not really random, just a few with good privacy records, but I do alternate between them here and there)
You're better off not switching between them. When you do, you're giving you're entire tx history (and some of your future txs depending on your gap limit) to multiple entities instead of just one.
If you're not using a VPN or Tor, then you're also tying all those txs to your location.
Thank you for your response sir, I didn't know that the gap limit also applies to the connected server(s) - It'd be best to stick with a reliable server with a good record of privacy then, unless necessary, and to not increase the gap limit only when needed.
I appreciate the helpful tip.
NP. AFAIK the npub and gap limit isn't sent to the servers, but a list of addresses is.
