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Quote from: jwinterm on March 02, 2024, 09:24:23 AM

You can get pretty good (almost certainly good enough) privacy without running a node, just using feather wallet (or another) and connecting to a node over tor.

Wouldn't the same apply for Exodus or Electrum over tor?

Quote from: jwinterm on March 02, 2024, 09:24:23 AM

If you do run your own node, you can just turn it on as necessary, but it might take significant time to sync depending on your CPU and Internet.

Do I have any say whether I want it to sync or not?

Quote from: jwinterm on March 02, 2024, 09:24:23 AM

Running your own node is best for privacy, and if you do leave it on it helps strengthen the network.

If I decide to leave it on 24/7 is that with or without tor?

Re: exodus or electrum - yes but no. For electrum versus feather, xmr offers a lot of inherent privacy features compared to btc. For exodus theoretically I guess using xmr with tor proxy or whatever is same maybe, but exodus is a closed source wallet so you really can't know what's going on in there.

It syncs when you turn it on. It's not really a big deal, takes a few min to few hours. If you leave computer on with node running it stays synced.

You can direct network/block traffic and/or wallet/tx traffic over tor. I think commonly blocks are handled over clear net and txs broadcast via tor.