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Re: [Megathread] Bitcoin Layer 1 Privacy - concepts, ideas, research, discussion
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ETFbitcoin
on 21/08/2022, 13:39:28 UTC
One thing that is deserved to be said is that no matter what privacy-oriented concepts, ideas, techniques are implemented in bitcoin, you can never achieve the same levels of privacy in comparison with privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies. The reason is simple: Their privacy model is enforced by default*, whereas in bitcoin, privacy enhancement is optional.

It's great point, additionally optional means there's no incentive to implement/support such privacy feature unless the developer/service is heavily privacy-oriented. An example is Z-cash, where AFAIK most exchange don't support withdraw to shielded address.