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Wow! Ton of information here indeed!

I mean. Using the XPUB to generate a watch-only wallet (for instance on Blockstream green) comes in handy I think. But indeed… it “leaks” all your addresses to some software you don’t own. However, that software being open source is “safer”?
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jimbocoin 🃏 1y ago

If you don’t control the Electrum server you connect to, you can’t know what logging or monitoring they’re using.

For example, they could be running a free and open source Electrum server implementation like Fulcrum, but put it behind a reverse proxy that logs all traffic.

The software running on your wallet and/or hardware signing device can’t protect you against a logging third-party server.

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binsky 1y ago

So if you’re running your own node and connect your wallet to electrs, you should be good to go then. Only problem is, I can’t run my node at the moment 😅