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i have a privacy question

I send #bitcoin from my wallet to another person's wallet.

when a btc wallet has been used bitcoin create a new address which is good for the person receiving the btc.

but in the btc explorer the receiving user can see the originating wallet address and see how much bitcoin was in it.

so, where is the #privacy of the sender protected in the bitcoin protocol?

#asknostr
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daniele 1y ago

You are right, the problem is real.

Some mitigations/solutions:

- Have UTXOs of different sizes and do a proper coina selection when paying;

- PayJoin;

Other options using a L2, e.g. the Lightning Network:

- Pay swapping in/out on LN;

- Pay directly via LN;

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bomboriver 1y ago

yes i think there is a degree of luck in privacy for #btc and this should be addressed at protocol level given the big attacks on privacy we are experiencing.

i wonder if the #bitcoin developers are working on this.

also have we put into consideration that bitcoin developers can have infiltrators from the global elite?