i have a question, if bitcoin is for privacy yet we can see the transactions on the "node".....how is that private?

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Bitcoin isn’t for privacy, it’s for non-corruptible money.

but i keep seeing the advocacy for bitcoin because it is private and i dont understand that.....if it is about being transparent

Idk

ty baby, i appreciate your honesty

Bitcoin isn't private. It's public. It's not anonymous. It's pseudonymous. Meaning you can track a transaction, but you don't know who made it unless that person or entity publicly ties themselves to it. (KYC etc.)

ok but is it still kind of traceable if you lets say are already watching certain people?

If you know an address I own, you could watch my transactions, but would not know who I sent money too unless they too have their addresses known.

i feel like this is a very HR kind of answer and I appreciate your efforts. xo

From the whitepaper:

is this my first nostr write-up?

😂 Straight to zappy jail, do not pass Go and do not collect 200 SATs.

if you know who the transaction belongs to, it’s not private at all and is very traceable

xo ty

It's pseudonymous. Only when you expose yourself to own a particular wallet you are not pseudonymous anymore.

i havent been pseudonymous in years lol, i am dumb when it comes to that