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Re: IF I SEND BTC TO A FRIEND/FAMILY, DOES IT MEAN THEY CAN KNOW MY WALLET BALANCE?
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o_e_l_e_o
on 04/12/2021, 20:01:21 UTC
⭐ Merited by bitmover (2) ,pooya87 (2) ,BlackHatCoiner (2) ,vapourminer (2) ,RickDeckard (1) ,Doell (1)
If I transfer BTC to a friend/family, they now know my wallet address, correct?
Yes, they can see the address(es) which sent them bitcoin.

Does this mean they can see all the transactions I have done from that wallet?
It depends.

Most wallets are a collection of addresses. These addresses are not intrinsically linked to each other, and simply knowing one address in a wallet does not let someone deduce which other addresses belong to that wallet. If you use two or more addresses together in the same transaction, though, then that's a pretty strong indication that they are part of the same wallet.

For example. Let's say you send some coins from Address A and Address B to me. Next week, you send some other coins from Address A to a family member. That family member can see that Address A belongs to you, so can look back and see the other transactions which Address A has made, and be able to deduce that Address B also belongs to you. If next week you send some coins from a new address, Address C, to someone else, then your family member won't know about that address or transaction.