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Does XPubKey gives me privacy ?
by
av_v
on 29/04/2020, 08:23:05 UTC
⭐ Merited by o_e_l_e_o (1) ,OmegaStarScream (1) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
I'm planing of using the Bitwage service in order to earn bitcoin. And I'm looking at what I can do to enhance my privacy.
They support xpubkey: https://blog.bitwage.com/2015/08/24/increasing-your-privacy-bitwage-releases-address-list-payout-option/
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Accepting an xpubkey would allow Bitwage to see all public addresses of the user including all future and current non-payroll addresses thus giving Bitwage more knowledge than necessary and reducing user privacy.

But I'm confused. In which sense that gives me privacy ?

Can someone explain me? I'm aware that I provide KYC to Bitwage, so it's known that I earn bitcoin and how much, but is it possible to hide on which addresses are my bitcoin located?